{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-661/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/661",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 3 October 2011 appointing eight Spanish members and 10 Spanish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2011/661/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-661",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 3 October 2011\nappointing eight Spanish members and 10 Spanish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2011/661/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 Spanish 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)\nEight members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Francesc ANTICH I OLIVER, Mr Marcelino IGLESIAS RICOU, Mr Vicente ÁLVAREZ ARECES, Ms Dolores GOROSTIAGA SAIZ, Mr José María BARREDA FONTES, Mr Guillermo FERNÁNDEZ VARA, Mr Miguel SANZ SESMA and Mr Francisco CAMPS ORTIZ. Ten alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Alberto GARCÍA CERVIÑO, Ms Lucía MARTÍN DOMÍNGUEZ, Mr Juan Antonio MORALES RODRÍGUEZ, Ms Elsa CASAS CABELLO, Ms Esther MONTERRUBIO VILLAR, Mr Javier VELASCO MANCEBO, Ms Luisa ARAÚJO CHAMORRO, Mr Antonio GONZÁLEZ TEROL, Mr Alberto CATALÁN HIGUERAS and Mr Rafael RIPOLL NAVARRO,\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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/661/introduction",
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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."
}