{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-715/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/715",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 30 October 2007 appointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee (2007/715/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-715",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 30 October 2007\nappointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee\n(2007/715/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 nomination submitted by the German government,\nAfter receiving the opinion of the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom appointing Czech, German, Estonian, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian, Slovenian and Slovak members of the European Economic and Social Committee, the Council appointed the German members of the European Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2006 to 20 September 2010.\n(2)\nA German member’s seat on that Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Heiko STEFFENS,\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. Decision amended by Decision 2007/622/EC, Euratom (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 39)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/715/introduction",
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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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