{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-34/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/34",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 23 January 2006 amending the Council's Rules of Procedure (2006/34/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-34",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 23 January 2006\namending the Council's Rules of Procedure\n(2006/34/EC, Euratom)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 207(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 121(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Articles 28(1) and 41(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to Article 2(2) of Annex IIa to the Council's Rules of Procedure,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 11(5) of the Council's Rules of Procedure (hereinafter referred to as Rules of Procedure) provides that when a decision is to be adopted by the Council by a qualified majority, and if a member of the Council so requests, it shall be verified that the Member States constituting the qualified majority represent at least 62 % of the total population of the Union calculated according to the population figures set out in Article 1 of Annex IIa to the Rules of Procedure.\n(2)\nArticle 2(2) of Annex IIa to the Rules of Procedure on detailed rules for implementing the provisions concerning the weighting of votes in the Council provides that, with effect from 1 January each year, the Council shall, in accordance with the data available to the Statistical Office of the European Communities on 30 September of the preceding year, amend the figures set out in Article 1 of that Annex.\n(3)\nThe Rules of Procedure should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 2004/338/EC, Euratom of 22 March 2004 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (OJ L 106, 15.4.2004, p. 22). Decision as amended by Decision 2004/701/EC, Euratom (OJ L 319, 20.10.2004, p. 15)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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