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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-700/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/700",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 20 October 2011 amending Implementing Decision 2011/303/EU as regards the date of application (notified under document C(2011) 7373) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2011/700/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-700",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision\nof 20 October 2011\namending Implementing Decision 2011/303/EU as regards the date of application\n(notified under document C(2011) 7373)\n(Only the Dutch text is authentic)\n(2011/700/EU)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), and in particular Article 43(m), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy Commission Implementing Decision 2011/303/EU the use of new methods for grading pig carcasses in the Netherlands was authorised. That Decision is to apply from 3 October 2011. On 9 September 2011 the competent authorities of the Netherlands informed the Commission about practical problems in several slaughterhouses with the timely implementation of the new methods and asked to postpone the application until 2 January 2012.\n(2)\nImplementing Decision 2011/303/EU should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(3)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 136, 24.5.2011, p. 95."
    }
  ],
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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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