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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-287/article-9",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/287",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 10 March 2014 setting out criteria for establishing and evaluating European Reference Networks and their Members and for facilitating the exchange of information and expertise on establishing and evaluating such Networks (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/287/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-287",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Technical assessment of applications for membership of existing Networks",
  "text": "1. If a favourable opinion is issued in accordance with Article 8(5) or (6), the Commission shall appoint a body to assess the membership application which it accompanies.\n2. The assessment body shall verify whether:\n(a) the content of the membership application fulfils the requirements set out in Annex II to this Decision; and\n(b) the healthcare provider concerned fulfils the criteria and conditions set out in Annex II to Delegated Decision 2014/286/EU.\n3. The assessment pursuant to point (b) of paragraph 2 shall only take place if the assessment body concludes that the membership application fulfils the requirements referred to in point (a) of paragraph 2.\n4. The assessment body shall draw up an assessment report and send it to the Commission and to the applicant healthcare provider. The healthcare provider may send comments to the assessment body within two months of receiving the report. On receiving of such comments, the assessment body shall amend its assessment report explaining whether the comments justify a change in its assessment.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1269 of 26 July 2019 amending Implementing Decision 2014/287/EU setting out criteria for establishing and evaluating European Reference Networks and their Members and for facilitating the exchange of information and expertise on establishing and evaluating such Networks (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/287/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."
}