{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-689/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-689/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2004/689",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 4 October 2004 establishing a Social Protection Committee and repealing Decision 2000/436/EC (2004/689/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-689",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The Committee shall elect its chairperson from among the representatives of the Member States for a non-renewable term of two years.\nThe chairperson shall be assisted by four vice-chairpersons of whom two shall be elected by the Committee from among its members for a term of two years. The third shall be a representative from the Member State holding the Presidency of the Council and the fourth shall be a representative from the Member State that will hold the next Presidency.\n2. Meetings of the Committee shall be convened by the chairperson, either on his or her own initiative or at the request of at least half of the members of the Committee.\n3. The Committee shall establish its own rules of procedure. Expenses shall be reimbursed in accordance with the administrative rules in force.\n4. The Commission shall provide the analytical and organisational support for the Committee. It shall designate a member of its staff as Secretary, who shall act on the instructions of the Committee when assisting the Committee in carrying out its tasks.\nThe Commission shall liaise with the General Secretariat of the Council with regard to the holding of meetings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/689/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:07.074434+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}