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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-445/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/445",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 13 June 2005 authorising Belgium to carry out only two pig surveys a year (notified under document number C(2005) 1747) (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/445/EC)",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 13 June 2005\nauthorising Belgium to carry out only two pig surveys a year\n(notified under document number C(2005) 1747)\n(Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2005/445/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 93/23/EEC of 1 June 1993 on the statistical surveys to be carried out on pig production, and in particular Article 1(2), (3) and (4) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nPursuant to Directive 93/23/EEC, the Commission may authorise the Member States to reduce the number of pig surveys to two per year and/or to make use of administrative sources instead of livestock surveys, on condition that they satisfy the obligations arising from the said Directive.\n(2)\nBy Commission Decision 2002/442/EC of 10 June 2002, Belgium had already obtained authorisation for a period of three years.\n(3)\nBy letter of 7 December 2004, Belgium submitted a request seeking to extend the authorisation granted by Decision 2002/442/EC and submitted the report required by the Decision.\n(4)\nBelgium has submitted methodological documentation which, in line with Directive 93/23/EEC, guarantees that the quality of the production forecasts will be maintained.\n(5)\nBelgium should be authorised to carry out only two surveys a year, at six-month intervals, in the months of May/June and November/December, and to make use of the administrative information sources of the Sanitel system.\n(6)\nThis Decision is in compliance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for Agricultural Statistics set up by Council Decision 72/279/EEC,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 149, 21.6.1993, p.1. Directive last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 152,12.6.2002, p. 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 179, 7.8.1972, p. 1."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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