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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-126/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/126",
  "legislation_title": "Political and Security Committee Decision EU Operations Centre/1/2014 of 27 February 2014 on the appointment of the Head of the EU Operations Centre for the Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operation in the Horn of Africa (2014/126/CFSP)",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Political and Security Committee Decision EU Operations Centre/1/2014\nof 27 February 2014\non the appointment of the Head of the EU Operations Centre for the Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operation in the Horn of Africa\n(2014/126/CFSP)\nTHE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COMMITTEE,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 38 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2012/173/CFSP of 23 March 2012 on the activation of the EU Operations Centre for the Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operation in the Horn of Africa, and in particular Article 3 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy virtue of Article 3(1) of Decision 2012/173/CFSP, Captain (Navy) Ad VAN DER LINDE was appointed Head of the EU Operations Centre until 23 March 2014.\n(2)\nBy Decision 2013/725/CFSP, the Council amended Decision 2012/173/CFSP. Pursuant to Article 3(1a) of Decision 2012/173/CFSP, the Political and Security Committee is authorised, in accordance with Article 38 of the Treaty, to take decisions on the appointment of the subsequent Heads of the EU Operations Centre.\n(3)\nOn 28 November 2013, Spain proposed Captain (Navy) Francisco CORNAGO as the new Head of the EU Operations Centre to succeed Captain (Navy) Ad VAN DER LINDE.\n(4)\nOn 19 December 2013 the EU Military Committee agreed to recommend that the Political and Security Committee appoint Captain (Navy) Francisco CORNAGO as Head of the EU Operations Centre,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 89, 27.3.2012, p. 66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2013/725/CFSP of 9 December 2013 amending and extending Decision 2012/173/CFSP on the activation of the EU Operations Centre for the Common Security and Defence Policy missions and operation in the Horn of Africa (OJ L 329, 10.12.2013, p. 39)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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