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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-2/annex/division-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/2",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the European Central Bank of 19 February 2004 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank (ECB/2004/2) (2004/257/EC)",
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  "path": "annex/division/3",
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  "number": "3",
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  "text": "The median population is defined in accordance with the same principle. For this purpose, recourse will be made to the figures published by the Council of the European Union as per Annex III, Article 1 and 2 of Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council’s Rules of Procedure . Four times the median population of the participating Member States must be added to the combined population in all participating Member States. The resulting population number shall constitute ‘the total population’.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Decision of the European Central Bank of 22 January 2014 amending Decision ECB/2004/2 adopting the Rules of Procedure of the European Central Bank (ECB/2014/1) (2014/179/EU)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35 ."
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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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