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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-42/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/42",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 10 December 2007 appointing an Italian member to the European Economic and Social Committee (2008/42/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-42",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 10 December 2007\nappointing an Italian member to the European Economic and Social Committee\n(2008/42/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 Council Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom of 11 July 2006 appointing Czech, German, Estonian, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian, Slovenian and Slovak members of the European Economic and Social Committee,\nHaving regard to the proposal submitted by the Italian Government,\nHaving obtained the opinion of the Commission,\nWhereas an Italian member's seat on the Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Paolo BEDONI,\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."
    }
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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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