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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-526/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/526",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 7 July 2009 appointing four Belgian members and one Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (2009/526/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-526",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 7 July 2009\nappointing four Belgian members and one Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions\n(2009/526/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 Belgian 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)\nFour members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the expiry of the mandates of Mr Geert BOURGEOIS, Mr Luc VAN DEN BRANDE, Mr Patrick LACHAERT and Mr Gilbert BOSSUYT. An alternate member’s seat has become vacant following the expiry of the mandate of Mr Marc VAN DEN ABEELEN,\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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