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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/422",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 5 June 2008 on declassifying Annex 4 to the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (1990 Schengen Convention) (2008/422/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 5 June 2008\non declassifying Annex 4 to the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 (1990 Schengen Convention)\n(2008/422/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 207, paragraph (3) thereof,\nWhereas,\n(1)\nBy Decision 2003/19/EC of 14 October 2002 on declassifying certain parts of the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 the Council declassified certain parts of the SIRENE Manual and downgraded Section 2.3 of the SIRENE Manual as well as Annexes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 thereto to the classification level ‘Restreint UE’.\n(2)\nThe latest version of the SIRENE Manual as it appears in Commission Decisions 2006/757/EC and 2006/758/EC of 22 September 2006 on amending the SIRENE Manual does not contain a provision equivalent to Section 2.3 as it stood at the time of the adoption of Decision 2003/19/EC.\n(3)\nBy Decision 2007/473/EC of 25 June 2007 on declassifying certain parts of the SIRENE Manual adopted by the Executive Committee established by the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement of 14 June 1985 the Council declassified Annexes 2 and 5 to the SIRENE Manual.\n(4)\nThe Council now considers it appropriate to declassify Annex 4 to the SIRENE Manual.\n(5)\nThe classification of Annexes 1, 3 and 6 to the SIRENE Manual should remain ‘Restreint UE’,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 34."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 16.11.2006, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 317, 16.11.2006, p. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 179, 7.7.2007, p. 52."
    }
  ],
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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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