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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-119/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/119",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 10 February 2009 appointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (2009/119/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-119",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 10 February 2009\nappointing a German member and a German alternate member of the Committee of the Regions\n(2009/119/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 German 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.\n(2)\nA member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Markus SÖDER. An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Günther BECKSTEIN,\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 56, 25.2.2006, p. 75."
    }
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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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