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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-657/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/657",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 22 October 2012 appointing an Austrian member and an Austrian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (2012/657/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-657",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 22 October 2012\nappointing an Austrian member and an Austrian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions\n(2012/657/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 Austrian 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)\nA member’s seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Markus LINHART.\n(3)\nAn alternate member’s seat will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Hannes WENINGER as member of the Committee of the Regions,\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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