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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-937/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/937",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (2009/937/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-937",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 1 December 2009\nadopting the Council's Rules of Procedure\n(2009/937/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Treaty of Lisbon brings several modifications to the functioning of the Council and of its Presidency, to the Council structure, as well as to the different types of Union legal acts and to the process for adopting acts, notably by distinguishing between legislative and non-legislative acts.\n(2)\nIt is therefore necessary to replace the Rules of Procedure adopted on 15 September 2006 by Rules of Procedures which comprise the modifications necessary for the implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 2006/683/EC, Euratom of 15 September 2006 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure (OJ L 285, 16.10.2006, p. 47)."
    }
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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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