{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-342/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2013/342",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 1 July 2013 appointing the Croatian members and the Croatian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2013/342/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-342",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 1 July 2013\nappointing the Croatian members and the Croatian alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2013/342/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 Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia, and in particular Article 24 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal made by the Government of the Republic of Croatia,\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)\nFollowing the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union, the Committee of the Regions should be enlarged by the appointment of nine members and nine alternate members representing regional and local bodies in Croatia who either hold a regional or local authority electoral mandate or are politically accountable to an elected assembly,\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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