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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-496/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/496",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 1 July 2008 appointing members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/496/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-496",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 1 July 2008\nappointing members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2008/496/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1999 on orphan medicinal products, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency of 19 December 2007,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThree members of the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, hereinafter ‘the Committee’ were appointed by the Commission Decision 2006/286/EC of 12 April 2006 on the recommendation of the European Medicines Agency for a term of three years from 16 April 2006.\n(2)\nThe membership of two of these members ended respectively in December 2006 (Prof Gianmartino Benzi) and August 2007 (Dr Julia Dunne). It is necessary, therefore, to appoint two new members to the Committee.\n(3)\nThe European Medicines Agency has recommended two persons for nomination.\n(4)\nThe members of the Committee shall be appointed for a period of three years starting on 2 July 2008,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 18, 22.1.2000, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 104, 13.4.2006, p. 54."
    }
  ],
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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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