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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/294",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 10 May 2010 on the European Capital of Culture event for the year 2014 (2010/294/EU)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 10 May 2010\non the European Capital of Culture event for the year 2014\n(2010/294/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019, and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Selection Panel reports of September 2009 regarding the selection process of the European Capitals of Culture in Sweden and Latvia respectively and the positive opinion issued by the European Parliament,\nConsidering that the criteria referred to in Article 4 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC are entirely fulfilled,\nHaving regard to the recommendation from the Commission of the 23 April 2010,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1."
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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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