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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-55/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/55",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 January 2011 appointing three Swedish members and four Swedish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2011/55/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-55",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 24 January 2011\nappointing three Swedish members and four Swedish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2011/55/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 Swedish Government,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 22 December 2009 and on 18 January 2010, the Council adopted Decisions 2009/1014/EU and 2010/29/EU appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2010 to 25 January 2015.\n(2)\nThree members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Kent JOHANSSON, Ms Maria WALLHAGER NECKMAN and Ms Kristina ALVENDAL. Four alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Susanna HABY, Mr Bernth JOHNSON, Mr Jens NILSSON and Ms Ingela NYLUND WATZ,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 348, 29.12.2009, p. 22 and OJ L 12, 19.1.2010, p. 11."
    }
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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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