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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-31/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/31",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 18 January 2010 appointing three Belgian members and two Belgian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2010/31/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-31",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 18 January 2010\nappointing three Belgian members and two Belgian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2010/31/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 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)\nThree members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Geert BOURGEOIS, Mr Dirk VAN MECHELEN and Mr Jos CHABERT. Two alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the term of office of Ms Evelyne HUYTEBROECK and Mr Pascal SMET,\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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