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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1972-2840/attachment-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/1972/2840",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EEC) No 2840/72 of the Council of 19 December 1972 concluding an Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation and adopting provisions for its implementation and concluding an additional Agreement concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1972-2840",
  "path": "attachment/1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "AGREEMENT\nbetween the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation\nTHE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,\nof the one part, and\nTHE SWISS CONFEDERATION,\nof the other part,\nDESIRING to consolidate and to extend, upon the enlargement of the European Economic Community, the economic relations existing between the Community and Switzerland and to ensure, with due regard for fair conditions of competition, the harmonious development of their commerce for the purpose of contributing to the work of constructing Europe,\nRESOLVED to this end to eliminate progressively the obstacles to substantially all their trade, in accordance with the provisions of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade concerning the establishment of free trade areas,\nDECLARING their readiness to examine, in the light of any relevant factor, and in particular of developments in the Community, the possibility of developing and deepening their relations where it would appear to be useful in the interests of their economies to extend them to fields not covered by this Agreement,\nHAVE DECIDED, in pursuit of these objectives and considering that no provision of this Agreement may be interpreted as exempting the Contracting Parties from the obligations which are incumbent upon them under other international agreements,\nTO CONCLUDE THIS AGREEMENT:\nUdfærdiget i Bruxelles, den toogtyvende juli nitten hundrede og tooghalvfjerds.\nGeschehen zu Brüssel am zweiundzwanzigsten Juli neunzehnhundertzweiundsiebzig.\nDone at Brussels on this twenty-second day of July in the year one thousand nine hundred and seventy-two.\nFait à Bruxelles, le vingt-deux juillet mil neuf cent soixante-douze.\nFatto a Bruxelles, il ventidue luglio millenovecentosettantadue.\nGedaan te Brussel, de tweeëntwintigste juli negentienhonderdtweeënzeventig.\nUtferdiget i Brussel, tjueandre juli nitten hundre og syttito.\nPå Rådet for De europæiske Fællesskabers vegne\nIm Namen des Rates der Europäischen Gemeinschaften\nIn the name of the Council of the European Communities\nAu nom du Conseil des Communautés européennes\nA nome del Consiglio delle Comunità europee\nNamens de Raad van de Europese Gemeenschappen\nFor Rådet for De Europeiske Fellesskap\nFür die Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft\nPour la Confédération suisse\nPer la Confederazione svizzera",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1972/2840/attachment/1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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