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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1984-568/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1984/568",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 27 November 1984 concerning the reciprocal obligations of export credit insurance organizations of the Member States acting on behalf of the State or with its support, or of public departments acting in place of such organizations, in the case of joint guarantees for a contract involving one or more subcontracts in one or more Member States of the European Communities (84/568/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1984-568",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Directive\nof 27 November 1984\nconcerning the reciprocal obligations of export credit insurance organizations of the Member States acting on behalf of the State or with its support, or of public departments acting in place of such organizations, in the case of joint guarantees for a contract involving one or more subcontracts in one or more Member States of the European Communities\n(84/568/EEC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and 113 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas insurance and finance for export influence international trade flows and as such constitute a powerful instrument of commercial policy;\nWhereas the increasing interdependence of the Member States' economies results in a trend towards the growth of export operations undertaken on a cooperative basis by a number of undertakings in different Member States;\nWhereas such cooperation is a major, or even decisive, factor in the competitiveness of Community exports on third-country markets;\nWhereas, accordingly, such cooperation should be encouraged, particularly in the field of subcontracting;\nWhereas differences between the export guarantee and finance systems at present in force in the Member States may give rise to difficulties in the carrying out of such export operations;\nWhereas joint insurance is a form of cooperation between credit insurers of different Member States which allows undertakings in those Member States to cooperate in export operations;\nWhereas in consequence it is important to establish and extend the smooth operation of this form of cooperation between credit insurers;\nWhereas, finally, the guarantee and finance systems in force in Member States have a direct effect on the working of the common market, and it would appear useful also to apply this form of cooperation in the field of intra-Community trade; whereas implementation of the present Directive does not however involve any modification of Member States' legislative provisions, and consultation of the European Parliament is therefore not compulsory,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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