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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-885/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/885",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 20 November 2008 appointing 9 Romanian members and 11 Romanian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2008/885/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-885",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 20 November 2008\nappointing 9 Romanian members and 11 Romanian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2008/885/EC)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 263 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal of the Romanian Government,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 24 January 2006, the Council adopted Decision 2006/116/EC appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2006 to 25 January 2010. On 1 January 2007, the Council adopted Decision 2007/6/EC appointing Bulgarian and Romanian members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions.\n(2)\nNine members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr Emil CALOTĂ, Mr Serghei Florin ANGHEL, Mr Doru Laurian BĂDULESCU, Mr Jenel COPILĂU, Mr János DEMETER, Mrs Ileana Viorica ION, Mr Gheorghe BACIU, Mr Adriean VIDEANU and Mr Liviu Nicolae DRAGNEA.\n(3)\nEleven alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr Lucian FLAIȘER, Mr Corneliu BICHINEȚ, Mr Dan Mihai GROZA, Mr Ion OPRESCU, Mr Răducu George FILIPESCU, Mrs Edita Emöke LOKODI, Mr Tudor PENDIUC, Mr Nicușor Daniel CONSTANTINESCU, Mr Dumitru Teodor BANCIU, Mr Alexandru CORCODEL and Mr Dragoș BENEA,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 1, 4.1.2007, p. 13."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/885/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."
}