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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-438/annex/division-II/division-2.1/division-2.1.1/annotation/1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/438",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/438 of 2 March 2015 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee set up under the Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine on the facilitation of the issuance of visas, with regard to the adoption of common guidelines for the implementation of the Agreement",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-438",
  "path": "annex/division/II/division/2.1/division/2.1.1/annotation/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(N.B. That point regulates the situation of Ukrainian close relatives travelling to the Member States to visit Ukrainian citizens legally residing in the Member States or citizens of the European Union residing in the territory of the Member State of which they are nationals. Ukrainian visa applicants who are family members of a Union citizen, in the meaning of Article 5(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, will be issued visas free of charge, as soon as possible and on the basis of an accelerated procedure.)",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the right of citizens of the Union and their family members to move and reside freely within the territory of the Member States amending Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 and repealing Directives 64/221/EEC, 68/360/EEC, 72/194/EEC, 73/148/EEC, 75/34/EEC, 75/35/EEC, 90/364/EEC, 90/365/EEC and 93/96/EEC (OJ L 158, 30.4.2004, p. 77)."
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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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