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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/20",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 22 December 2004 appointing a French member of the Economic and Social Committee (2005/20/EC, Euratom)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 22 December 2004\nappointing a French member of the Economic and Social Committee\n(2005/20/EC, Euratom)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Council Decision 2002/758/EC, Euratom of 17 September 2002 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2002 to 20 September 2006,\nWhereas a member's seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Jacques VOISIN, of which the Council was informed on 12 October 2004,\nHaving regard to the nomination submitted by the French Government,\nHaving obtained the opinion of the Commission of the European Union,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 253, 21.9.2002, p. 9."
    }
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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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