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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/970",
  "legislation_title": "Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL COPPS/1/2008 of 16 December 2008 concerning the appointment of the Head of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories (2008/970/CFSP)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-970",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Political and Security Committee Decision EUPOL COPPS/1/2008\nof 16 December 2008\nconcerning the appointment of the Head of the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories\n(2008/970/CFSP)\nTHE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 25 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP of 14 November 2005 on the European Union Police Mission for the Palestinian Territories, and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nUnder Article 11(2) of Joint Action 2005/797/CFSP, the COPS is authorised, in accordance with Article 25 of the Treaty, to take the relevant decisions for the purpose of exercising the political control and strategic direction of the EUPOL COPPS mission, including in particular the decision to appoint a Head of Mission.\n(2)\nThe Secretary-General/High Representative has proposed the appointment of Mr Paul KERNAGHAN as Head of the EUPOL COPPS mission,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 300, 17.11.2005, p. 65."
    }
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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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