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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1993-619/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1993/619",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 19 November 1993 relating to the institution of a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries (93/619/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1993-619",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 19 November 1993\nrelating to the institution of a Scientific, Technical and Economic Committee for Fisheries\n(93/619/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nWhereas the implementation of the Community system for fisheries and aquaculture requires the assistance of highly qualified scientific personnel, particularly in the application of marine and fisheries biology, fishing technology, fishery economics or similar disciplines, or in connection with the requirements of research in the fields of fishing and aquaculture;\nWhereas that assistance should be obtained from a permanent committee set up within the Commission;\nWhereas the powers of the present Scientific and Technical Committee for Fisheries, established by Commission Decision 79/572/EEC, as amended by the Act of Accession of Spain and Portugal, should be amended accordingly; whereas, in the interests of clarity, that Decision should therefore be replaced,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 156, 23. 6. 1979, p. 29."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1993/619/introduction",
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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."
}