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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-217/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/217",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 April 2012 appointing seven French members and 11 French alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2012/217/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-217",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 24 April 2012\nappointing seven French members and 11 French alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2012/217/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 French 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)\nSeven members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates of Ms Claude du GRANRUT, Mr Alain LE VERN, Mr Daniel PERCHERON, Mr Jean PRORIOL, Mr Camille de ROCCA SERRA, Mr Alain ROUSSET and Mr Ange SANTINI.\n(3)\nEleven alternate members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates of Mr Jacques AUXIETTE, Mr Jean-Paul BACHY, Ms Martine CALDEROLI-LOTZ, Ms Anne-Marie COMPARINI, Mr Jean-Jacques FRITZ, Mr Claude GEWERC, Ms Arlette GROSSKOST, Mr Antoine KARAM, Mr Martin MALVY, Mr Michel NEUGNOT and Ms Élisabeth THÉVENON-DURANTIN,\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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