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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-1003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/1003",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2009/1003/CFSP of 22 December 2009 amending Common Position 2009/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-1003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision 2009/1003/CFSP\nof 22 December 2009\namending Common Position 2009/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 29 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 27 October 2009, the Council adopted Common Position 2009/788/CFSP concerning restrictive measures against the Republic of Guinea, in response to the violent crackdown by security forces on political demonstrators in Conakry on 28 September 2009.\n(2)\nIn view of the seriousness of the situation in the Republic of Guinea, additional restrictive measures should be imposed against the individual members of the National Council for Democracy and Development (NCDD) and natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with them, responsible for the violent repression or the political stalemate in the country.\n(3)\nMoreover, additional natural or legal persons, entities or bodies associated with the NCDD, should be included on the list of persons subject to the restrictive measures set out in the Annex to Common Position 2009/788/CFSP.\n(4)\nFurther action by the Union is needed to implement certain measures,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 7."
    }
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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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