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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/309",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 10 May 2012 designating the European Capital of Culture for the year 2016 in Spain and Poland (2012/309/EU)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 10 May 2012\ndesignating the European Capital of Culture for the year 2016 in Spain and Poland\n(2012/309/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019, and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,\nHaving regard to the Selection Panel report of June 2011 regarding the selection process of the European Capitals of Culture in Spain and Poland respectively,\nWhereas:\nConsidering that the criteria referred to in Article 4 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC are entirely fulfilled,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1."
    }
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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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