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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-165/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/165",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 17 February 2005 appointing two Belgian members and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (2005/165/EC)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 17 February 2005\nappointing two Belgian members and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions\n(2005/165/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Belgian Government,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCouncil Decision 2002/60/EC of 22 January 2002 appoints the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.\n(2)\nOn that Committee, two members’ seats have fallen vacant following the departure from office of Mr Jacques SIMONET and Mr Jos CHABERT and an alternate member’s seat has fallen vacant following the departure from office of Mr Eric TOMAS, of which the Council was informed on 1 February 2005,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 24, 26.1.2002, p. 38."
    }
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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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