{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-79/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/79",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 11 February 2014 appointing three Danish members and five Danish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions (2014/79/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-79",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision\nof 11 February 2014\nappointing three Danish members and five Danish alternate members of the Committee of the Regions\n(2014/79/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 Danish 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.\n(2)\nThree members’ seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Knud ANDERSEN, Mr Jens Arne HEDEGAARD JENSEN and Mr Henning JENSEN.\n(3)\nThree alternate members’ seats have become vacant following the end of the terms of office of Mr Hans Freddie Holmgaard MADSEN, Ms Tatiana SORENSEN and Mr Ole B. SORENSEN.\n(4)\nTwo alternate members’ seats will become vacant following the appointment of Mr Simon Mønsted STRANGE and Mr Erik FLYVHOLM as members of the Committee of the Regions,\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."
    }
  ],
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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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