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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/176",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 21 March 2011 extending the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters (notified under document C(2011) 1754) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/176/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-176",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 21 March 2011\nextending the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC requiring Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters\n(notified under document C(2011) 1754)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\n(2011/176/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 December 2001 on general product safety, and in particular Article 13 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2006/502/EC requires Member States to take measures to ensure that only lighters which are child-resistant are placed on the market and to prohibit the placing on the market of novelty lighters.\n(2)\nDecision 2006/502/EC was adopted in accordance with the provisions of Article 13 of Directive 2001/95/EC, which restricts the validity of the Decision to a period not exceeding one year, but allows it to be confirmed for additional periods none of which shall exceed one year.\n(3)\nDecision 2006/502/EC was amended four times, firstly by Commission Decision 2007/231/EC which extended the validity of the Decision until 11 May 2008, secondly by Commission Decision 2008/322/EC which extended the validity of the Decision until 11 May 2009, thirdly by Commission Decision 2009/298/EC which extended the validity of the Decision until 11 May 2010 and fourthly by Commission Decision 2010/157/EU which extended the validity of the Decision for a further year until 11 May 2011.\n(4)\nIn the absence of other satisfactory measures addressing the child safety of lighters, it is necessary to extend the validity of Decision 2006/502/EC for a further 12 months.\n(5)\nTherefore, Decision 2006/502/EC should be amended it accordingly.\n(6)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Directive 2001/95/EC,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 198, 20.7.2006, p. 41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 99, 14.4.2007, p. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 109, 19.4.2008, p. 40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 81, 27.3.2009, p. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ L 67, 17.3.2010, p. 9."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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