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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-570/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/570",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 8 July 2008 appointing a Portuguese member of the Economic and Social Committee (2008/570/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-570",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 8 July 2008\nappointing a Portuguese member of the Economic and Social Committee\n(2008/570/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 2006/651/EC, Euratom,\nHaving regard to the proposal submitted by the Portuguese Government,\nHaving obtained the opinion of the Commission,\nWhereas a member’s seat on the Economic and Social Committee has fallen vacant following the resignation of Mr Eduardo Manuel NOGUEIRA CHAGAS,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 269, 28.9.2006, p. 13. Decision as amended by Decision 2007/622/EC, Euratom (OJ L 253, 28.9.2007, p. 39)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/570/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."
}