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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-823/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/823",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 22 October 2008 amending Decision 95/319/EC setting up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/823/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-823",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 22 October 2008\namending Decision 95/319/EC setting up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2008/823/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy Decision 95/319/EC the Commission set up a Committee of Senior Labour Inspectors, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.\n(2)\nRecent enlargements of the European Union have effectively doubled the size of the Committee. The plenary meetings now comprise 54 Committee members. In the event of new enlargements this number will increase still further.\n(3)\nTo enable the Committee to fulfil its tasks and allow the members of the Committee to engage in a practical, interactive exchange of experience and opinion, which is not feasible with such a large Committee, the number of members per Member State should be reduced from two to one. The Member States should be able to appoint an alternate member to attend meetings where the full member cannot be present.\n(4)\nTo guarantee the quality of the Committee's work, nominees for membership should be the senior representatives of the national labour inspection services with a mandate to carry out the tasks of the Committee.\n(5)\nProvision should be made for each member or alternate member to be able to be accompanied by an expert at Committee meetings. For practical reasons relating to meeting organisation, notification of such experts' attendance should be given at least one month before the Committee meeting concerned.\n(6)\nTo facilitate the way working groups operate, it should be possible for them to be chaired by an expert from a national labour inspection service who is not a member of the Committee.\n(7)\nSpecific categories of observers should be able to attend Committee meetings.\n(8)\nThe Committee should adopt rules of procedure laying down the practical arrangements for its work.\n(9)\nDecision 95/319/EC should be amended accordingly.\n(10)\nThis Decision should take effect on 1 January 2010, the date on which a new term of office starts for members of the Committee,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 188, 9.8.1995, p. 11."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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