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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-884/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/884",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2008/884/CFSP of 21 November 2008 implementing Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP on the establishment of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-884",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2008/884/CFSP\nof 21 November 2008\nimplementing Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP on the establishment of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP on the establishment of the European Union Police Mission in Afghanistan (EUPOL AFGHANISTAN), and in particular Article 13(2) thereof, in conjunction with the second indent of the first subparagraph of Article 23(2) of the Treaty on European Union,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 30 May 2007, the Council adopted Joint Action 2007/369/CFSP for a period of three years. The operational phase of EUPOL AFGHANISTAN began on 15 June 2007.\n(2)\nIt is up to the Council to adopt the financial reference amount intended to cover the expenditure related to EUPOL AFGHANISTAN for the period from 1 December 2008 until 30 November 2009,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 139, 31.5.2007, p. 33."
    }
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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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