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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-864/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/864",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 16 December 2004 amending Commission Decision 1999/478/EC of renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (2004/864/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-864",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 16 December 2004\namending Commission Decision 1999/478/EC of renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture\n(2004/864/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIt is important for the Commission to obtain the input of the interests concerned on the issues raised by the establishment of a common fisheries policy (CFP). An advisory committee (ACF) was created in the fisheries sector by Commission Decision 71/128/EEC, replaced by Decision 1999/478/EC of 14 July 1999 renewing the Advisory Committee on Fisheries and Aquaculture (ACFA). The membership of ACFA is defined in Article 3 of Decision 1999/478/EC.\n(2)\nDecision 1999/478/EC set up four working groups to prepare the opinions of the Committee; working group 2 is in charge of Aquaculture.\n(3)\nGiven the rapid growth of European aquaculture in recent years, it is appropriate that the interests of this sector are better represented within ACFA. The membership of this Committee should therefore be extended in order to include the vice-chairman of working group 2. Decision 1999/478/EC should be amended accordingly,\nDECIDES:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 68, 22.3.1971, p. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 187, 20.7.1999, p. 70."
    }
  ],
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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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