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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-3/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 1 January 2007 appointing the Bulgarian and Romanian members of the European Economic and Social Committee (2007/3/EC, Euratom)",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 1 January 2007\nappointing the Bulgarian and Romanian members of the European Economic and Social Committee\n(2007/3/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 Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Articles 12 and 48 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposals made by the governments of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe members of the European Economic and Social Committee have been appointed, for the period from 21 September 2006 to 20 September 2010, by Council Decisions 2006/524/EC, Euratom, 2006/651/EC, Euratom and 2006/703/EC, Euratom.\n(2)\nFollowing the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania to the European Union, the European Economic and Social Committee should be enlarged by the appointment of 27 members representing the various economic and social components of organised civil society,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 13."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 291, 21.10.2006, p. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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