{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-669/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/669",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2015/669 of 24 April 2015 repealing Decision 2007/421/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC (notified under document C(2015) 2596)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-669",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision (EU) 2015/669\nof 24 April 2015\nrepealing Decision 2007/421/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC\n(notified under document C(2015) 2596)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations, and in particular Article 4(5) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Decision 2007/421/EC provided for the Director-General for Energy and Transport to publish in the Official Journal of the European Union an updated list of organisations recognised in compliance with Council Directive 94/57/EC by 1 July each year.\n(2)\nDirective 94/57/EC was recast in two separate Community legal documents, namely Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Regulation (EC) No 391/2009. That Regulation contains provisions regarding the drawing up and updating of a list of recognised organisations.\n(3)\nIn accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 391/2009, the Commission draws up and regularly updates a list of the organisations recognised in accordance with that Article and that list is published in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n(4)\nDecision 2007/421/EC became obsolete and should therefore be repealed while an updated list of the organisations recognised in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 391/2009 should be published in the Official Journal of the European Union at regular intervals,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Decision 2007/421/EC of 14 June 2007 repealing Decision 96/587/EC on the publication of the list of recognised organisations which have been notified by Member States in accordance with Council Directive 94/57/EC (OJ L 157, 19.6.2007, p. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Directive 94/57/EC of 22 November 1994 on common rules and standards for ship inspections and survey organisations and for relevant activities of maritime administrations (OJ L 319, 12.12.1994, p. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Directive 2009/15/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on common rules and standards for ship inspection and survey organisations and for the relevant activities of maritime administrations (OJ L 131, 28.5.2009, p. 47)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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