{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-703/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/703",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 October 2006 appointing the Danish members of the European Economic and Social Committee (2006/703/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-703",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 16 October 2006\nappointing the Danish members of the European Economic and Social Committee\n(2006/703/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 opinion of the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe terms of office of the Danish members of the European Economic and Social Committee expired on 20 September 2006. The Danish members of the said Committee should therefore be appointed for a further period of four years as from 21 September 2006.\n(2)\nOn 11 July 2006 the Council adopted the lists submitted by the Czech, German, Estonian, Spanish, French, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian, Slovenian and Slovak Governments and the list containing 22 candidates submitted by the Italian Government.\n(3)\nOn 15 September 2006 the Council adopted the lists submitted by the Belgian, Greek, Irish, Cypriot, Netherlands, Polish, Portuguese, Finnish, Swedish and UK Governments and the list containing 22 candidates submitted by the Italian Government.\n(4)\nOn 2 October 2006, the Danish Government submitted a list containing a number of candidates equal to the number of seats allocated to it by the Treaties,\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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 13."
    }
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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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