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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2016/970",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive (EU) 2016/970 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-970",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive (EU) 2016/970\nof 27 May 2016\namending Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the list of defence-related products\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Directive 2009/43/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 6 May 2009 simplifying terms and conditions of transfers of defence-related products within the Community, and in particular Article 13 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nDirective 2009/43/EC covers all defence-related products which correspond to those listed in the Common Military List of the European Union, adopted by the Council on 19 March 2007.\n(2)\nOn 9 February 2015 the Council adopted an update Common Military List of the European Union.\n(3)\nIn accordance with the Joint Political Declaration of Member States and the Commission of 28 September 2011 on explanatory documents, Member States have undertaken to accompany, in justified cases, the notification of their transposition measures with one or more documents explaining the relationship between the components of a directive and the corresponding parts of national transposition instruments.\n(4)\nDirective 2009/43/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee on EU Transfers of Defence-related Products,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 146, 10.6.2009, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ C 129, 21.4.2015, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ C 369, 17.12.2011, p. 14."
    }
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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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