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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-113/article-9",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/113",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 3 March 2014 on setting up a Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limits for Chemical Agents and repealing Decision 95/320/EC (2014/113/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-113",
  "path": "article/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Ethical principles",
  "text": "1. Independence\nMembers of the Committee shall undertake to act independently of any external influence. They shall not delegate their responsibilities to any other person.\nThey shall make a declaration of commitment to act in the public interest and to declare either the absence or existence of any direct or indirect interest which might be considered prejudicial to their independence.\nThe Commission services will take note of and decide on the relevance of any declared interests.\n2. Transparency\nThe Committee shall ensure that its Recommendations and Opinions clearly present the reasoning used in its decision-making process, as outlined in its methodology.\n3. Confidentiality\nWithout prejudice to Article 339 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 12 of this Decision, the members of the Committee shall not divulge information coming to their knowledge as a result of the work of the Committee, thematic workshops, working groups or other activities related to this Decision.\nA written declaration of confidentiality shall be signed by the members of the Committee at the beginning of each term of office.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/113/article/9",
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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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