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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-486/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/486",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 486/2006 of 20 March 2006 concerning the implementation of the Agreement on Duty-Free Treatment of Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits (MCPs) by amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EC) No 486/2006\nof 20 March 2006\nconcerning the implementation of the Agreement on Duty-Free Treatment of Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits (MCPs) by amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 133 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCouncil Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 established a goods nomenclature, hereinafter referred to as the ‘Combined Nomenclature’, and set out the conventional duty rates of the Common Customs Tariff.\n(2)\nBy its Decision 2005/964/EC, the Council has concluded, on behalf of the European Community, the Agreement on Duty-Free Treatment of Multi-Chip Integrated Circuits (MCPs) (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’).\n(3)\nThe Agreement reduces to zero the rate of all customs duties and other duties and charges applied to MCPs.\n(4)\nThe Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union as the depository designated by the Agreement has received instruments of acceptance from four Parties. Pursuant to Article 7(a) of the Agreement, these four Parties have agreed that the Agreement shall enter into force on 1 April 2006.\n(5)\nThe Agreement should therefore be implemented by amending Annex I to Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1989/2004 (OJ L 344, 20.11.2004, p. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 349, 31.12.2005, p. 24."
    }
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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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