{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-46/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/46",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2016/187 of the European Central Bank of 11 December 2015 amending Decision ECB/2013/1 laying down the framework for a public key infrastructure for the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2015/46)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-46",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision (EU) 2016/187 of the European Central Bank\nof 11 December 2015\namending Decision ECB/2013/1 laying down the framework for a public key infrastructure for the European System of Central Banks (ECB/2015/46)\nTHE GOVERNING COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 127 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank, and in particular Article 12.1 in conjunction with Article 3.1, Article 5, Article 12.3 and Articles 16 to 24 and 34 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council has repealed Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with effect from 1 July 2016. Therefore, it is appropriate to refer to Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 in Decision ECB/2013/1.\n(2)\nInformation concerning the ESCB-PKI certification authority, including its identity and its technical components, as set out in the Annex to Decision ECB/2013/1, needs to be updated.\n(3)\nTherefore, Decision ECB/2013/1 should be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC (OJ L 257, 28.8.2014, p. 73)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures (OJ L 13, 19.1.2000, p. 12)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Decision ECB/2013/1 of the European Central Bank of 11 January 2013 laying down the framework for a public key infrastructure for the European System of Central Banks (OJ L 74, 16.3.2013, p. 30)."
    }
  ],
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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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