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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/6",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 1 January 2007 appointing Bulgarian and Romanian members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2007/6/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-6",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 1 January 2007\nappointing Bulgarian and Romanian members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2007/6/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular the fourth paragraph of Article 263 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Articles 13 and 49 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposals made by the governments of the Republic of Bulgaria and of Romania,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions were appointed for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010 by Council Decision 2006/116/EC.\n(2)\nFollowing the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the European Union, the Committee of the Regions should be enlarged by the appointment of 27 members and 27 alternate members representing regional and local bodies in the new Member States who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75."
    }
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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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