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  "legislation": "eudn/2002/956",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 28 November 2002 setting up a European Network for the Protection of Public Figures (2002/956/JHA)",
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  "heading": null,
  "text": "For the purposes of this Decision, ‘ public figure ’ shall mean any person, either in an official capacity or in a non-official position to whom a protection service is assigned in accordance with the national legislation of a Member State or pursuant to the regulations of an international or supranational organisation or institution.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "Substituted by Council Decision 2009/796/JHA of 4 June 2009 amending Decision 2002/956/JHA setting up a European Network for the Protection of Public Figures."
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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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