{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-233/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/233",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 14 April 2014 amending Decision 2013/488/EU on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (2014/233/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-233",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 14 April 2014\namending Decision 2013/488/EU on the security rules for protecting EU classified information\n(2014/233/EU)\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 240(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Decision 2009/937/EU of 1 December 2009 adopting the Council's Rules of Procedure, and in particular Article 24 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAppendix B to Council Decision 2013/488/EU contains a table of equivalence of security classifications.\n(2)\nThe United Kingdom has notified the General Secretariat of the Council of changes to its security classifications.\n(3)\nIt is, therefore, necessary to modify Decision 2013/488/EU accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 325, 11.12.2009, p. 35."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2013/488/EU of 23 September 2013 on the security rules for protecting EU classified information (OJ L 274, 15.10.2013, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/233/introduction",
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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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