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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-560/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/560",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2006/560/JHA of 24 July 2006 amending Decision 2003/170/JHA on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement agencies of the Member States",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-560",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2006/560/JHA\nof 24 July 2006\namending Decision 2003/170/JHA on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement agencies of the Member States\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 30(1)(a), (b) and (c), Article 30(2)(c) and Article 34(2)(c) thereof,\nHaving regard to the initiative of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nFollowing the evaluation of the implementation of Council Decision 2003/170/JHA of 27 February 2003 on the common use of liaison officers posted abroad by the law enforcement agencies of the Member States, certain provisions of that Decision should be amended to take account of current practice relating to the use by the Member States of Europol liaison officers posted abroad in order to channel information in accordance with the Europol Convention.\n(2)\nThis amending Decision provides a useful opportunity to amend the provision concerning liaison officers meetings, bringing it in line with the current practice whereby a certain Member State, often referred to as ‘lead nation’, is given responsibility for coordination of EU cooperation in a particular country or region, which includes the initiative to convene liaison officers meetings,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 188, 2.8.2005, p. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Opinion of 17 March 2006 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 67, 12.3.2003, p. 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ C 316, 27.11.1995, p. 2."
    }
  ],
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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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