{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-427/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/427",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2007/427/CFSP of 18 June 2007 appointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-427",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2007/427/CFSP\nof 18 June 2007\nappointing the European Union Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union and, in particular, Article 18(5) in conjunction with Article 23(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 30 January 2006, the Council adopted Joint Action 2006/49/CFSP appointing Mr Christian Schwarz-Schilling as the European Union Special Representative (EUSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\n(2)\nOn 7 February 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/87/CFSP amending and extending, until 30 June 2007, the mandate of Mr Christian Schwarz-Schilling as the EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\n(3)\nMr Christian Schwarz-Schilling has informed the Secretary General/High Representative that he would not seek an extension of his mandate beyond 30 June 2007.\n(4)\nOn the basis of a review of Joint Action 2007/87/CFSP, the mandate of the EUSR should be extended until 29 February 2008. A new EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina should therefore be appointed for the remaining period from 1 July 2007 until 29 February 2008.\n(5)\nThe Secretary General/High Representative has recommended that Mr Miroslav Lajčák be appointed as the new EUSR in Bosnia and Herzegovina.\n(6)\nArticle 49(3) of the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities provides that basic acts may notably take the form of a decision pursuant to Article 18(5) of the Treaty.\n(7)\nThe EUSR will implement his mandate in the context of a situation which may deteriorate and could harm the Common Foreign and Security Policy objectives set out in Article 11 of the Treaty,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 26, 31.1.2006, p. 21. Joint Action as amended by Joint Action 2006/523/CFSP (OJ L 207, 27.7.2006, p. 30)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 35, 8.2.2007, p. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1)."
    }
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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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