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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-649/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/649",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 20 September 2011 appointing two Irish members and an Irish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (2011/649/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-649",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 20 September 2011\nappointing two Irish members and an Irish alternate member of the Committee of the Regions\n(2011/649/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 from the Irish Government,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 22 December 2009 and 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)\nTwo members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Ms Michelle MULHERIN and Mr Denis LANDY. An alternate member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Terry BRENNAN,\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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "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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