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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-168/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/168",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 26 February 2009 appointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee (2009/168/EC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-168",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 26 February 2009\nappointing a German member of the European Economic and Social Committee\n(2009/168/EC, Euratom)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 259 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 167 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2006/524/EC, Euratom of 11 July 2006 appointing Czech, German, Estonian, Spanish, French, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourgish, Hungarian, Maltese, Austrian, Slovenian and Slovak members of the European Economic and Social Committee,\nHaving regard to the proposal of the German Government,\nHaving regard to the opinion of the Commission,\nWhereas a member’s seat on the European Economic and Social Committee has become vacant following the resignation of Mr Erhard OTT,\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 207, 28.7.2006, p. 30."
    }
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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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