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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-311/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/311",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 26 May 2014 appointing two Belgian members and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (2014/311/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-311",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 26 May 2014\nappointing two Belgian members and a Belgian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions\n(2014/311/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 proposal of the Belgian Government,\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. On 26 November 2012, by Council Decision 2012/736/EU, Mr Alain HUTCHINSON was appointed as member until 25 January 2015 following the end of the term of office of Mr Charles PICQUÉ and Mr Charles PICQUÉ was appointed as alternate member. On 28 January 2013, by Council Decision 2013/68/EU, Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES was appointed member until 25 January 2015 following the end of the term of office of Mr Jos CHABERT.\n(2)\nTwo members' seats on the Committee of the Regions are vacant following the end of the electoral mandates on the basis of which Mr Jean-Luc VANRAES and Mr Alain HUTCHINSON were appointed. An alternate member's seat is vacant following the end of the electoral mandate on the basis of which Mr Charles PICQUÉ was appointed,\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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 329, 29.11.2012, p. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 32, 1.2.2013, p. 16."
    }
  ],
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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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