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  "legislation": "eudn/1998/500",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 20 May 1998 on the establishment of Sectoral Dialogue Committees promoting the Dialogue between the social partners at European level (notified under document number C(1998) 2334) (Text with EEA relevance) (98/500/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1998-500",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Sectoral Dialogue Committees (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committees’) are hereby established in those sectors where the social partners make a joint request to take part in a dialogue at European level, and where the organisations representing both sides of industry fulfil the following criteria:\n(a) they shall relate to specific sectors or categories and be organised at European level;\n(b) they shall consist of organisations which are themselves an integral and recognized part of Member States' social partner structures and have the capacity to negotiate agreements, and which are representative of several Member States;\n(c) they shall have adequate structures to ensure their effective participation in the work of the Committees.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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