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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-526/annex/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/526",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 6 August 2014 setting up the Digital Research Infrastructure for the Arts and Humanities as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (DARIAH ERIC) (2014/526/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-526",
  "path": "annex/article/6",
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  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Termination of Member or Observer status",
  "text": "1. If the General Assembly decides that a Member or an Observer is acting in serious breach of the Statutes and the Internal Rules of Procedure, and if the Member or Observer has failed to rectify such breach within a period of six months, the General Assembly may decide to expel the defaulting Member or Observer.\n2. The vote of the defaulting Member shall not be counted for the decision.\n3. The defaulting Member or Observer shall have the right to explain to the General Assembly its position, before the General Assembly makes any decision on the issue.\n4. Within the first five years of the membership or observership of DARIAH ERIC, no Member or Observer may withdraw unless exceptionally agreed otherwise by the General Assembly.\n5. Members or Observers who do not initially commit for five years shall sign a statement specifying the shorter period which shall be recorded by the General Assembly when deciding on the acceptance in accordance with Article 5(4).\n6. After the first five years of the membership or observership of DARIAH ERIC, a Member or Observer may withdraw with a notification of at least six months, prior to the effective date of the withdrawal.\n7. The Member or Observer wishing to withdraw shall be required to pay in full its financial obligations for the whole financial year of withdrawal.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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