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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-923/annex/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/923",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 12 December 2014 on setting up the Joint Institute for Very Long Baseline Interferometry as a European Research Infrastructure Consortium (JIV-ERIC) (2014/923/EU)",
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  "path": "annex/article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Withdrawal of a Member, Termination of Membership",
  "text": "1. No Member shall withdraw within the first five years of the establishment of JIV-ERIC unless the Membership has been entered into for a specified shorter period. After the first five years of the establishment of JIV-ERIC, a Member may withdraw at the end of a financial year following a request at least 12 months prior to the withdrawal.\n2. A Member may withdraw should the Council decide to raise the annual contribution as specified in Annex 2. Notwithstanding Article 5(1), a Member wishing to withdraw may do so within six months after the proposal to raise the contribution is adopted by the Council.\n3. The withdrawal shall become effective at the end of the financial year on the condition that the withdrawing Member has fulfilled its obligations.\n4. The Council shall have the power to terminate the membership of a Member if the following conditions are met:\n(a) the Member is in serious breach of one or more of its obligations under these Statutes;\n(b) the Member has failed to rectify such breach within a period of six months after notification.\nThe Member shall be given the opportunity to contest the decision of termination and to present its position to the Council.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/923/annex/article/5",
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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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