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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-721/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/721",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 5 September 2008 setting up an advisory structure of Scientific Committees and experts in the field of consumer safety, public health and the environment and repealing Decision 2004/210/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/721/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-721",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Establishment of the Pool",
  "text": "1. The Pool shall consist of scientific advisors who are experts in one or more of the fields of competence defined in Annex I or on related subjects, covering collectively the widest possible range of disciplines.\n2. The Commission shall appoint scientific advisors to the Pool from a list of suitable candidates established following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and on the Commission website of a call for expressions of interest.\n3. The number of scientific advisors in the Pool at any time shall be decided by the Commission based on its needs for scientific advice.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/721/article/4",
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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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