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<Title>European Union (Approvals) Act 2015</Title>
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<LongTitle>An Act to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.</LongTitle>
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<Text>The following draft decisions of the Council of the European Union under Article 352 of TFEU are approved—</Text>
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<Text>the draft decision on the participation of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia as an observer in the work of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (document number 11416/1/14), and</Text>
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<Text>the draft decision on a Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment (document number 5820/14).</Text>
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