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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2273/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/2273",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2273/2004 of 22 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2273",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2273/2004\nof 22 December 2004\namending Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 308 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 203 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nHaving regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe accession of 10 new Member States took place on 1 May 2004.\n(2)\nIn addition, the possibility of further accessions should be taken into account.\n(3)\nThe Communities have granted loans and guaranteed loans to accession countries or for projects executed in those countries. Those loans and guarantees are currently covered by the Guarantee Fund and will remain outstanding or in force after the date of accession. From that date, they will cease to be external actions of the Communities and should therefore be covered directly by the general budget of the European Union and no longer by the Guarantee Fund.\n(4)\nThe European Investment Bank should inform the Commission of the amount of its outstanding operations under the Community guarantee in new Members States on the day of accession.\n(5)\nThe report prepared by the Commission in accordance with Article 9 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 of 31 October 1994 establishing a Guarantee Fund for external actions concludes that it is not necessary to amend any parameters of the Guarantee Fund to take into account the enlargement of the European Union.\n(6)\nIn view of the amount of information needed for the annual report required by Article 7 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 and the complexity of the procedures to be accomplished before submission of the report, the time provided for its preparation should be extended.\n(7)\nRegulation (EC, Euratom) No 2728/94 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(8)\nThe Treaties provide for no powers, other than those in Article 308 of the EC Treaty and Article 203 of the Euratom Treaty, for the adoption of this Regulation,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 19, 23.1.2004, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 293, 12.11.1994, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1149/1999 (OJ L 139, 2.6.1999, p. 1)."
    }
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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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