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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-809/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/809",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/809 of 19 May 2015 designating the European Capitals of Culture for the year 2019 in Bulgaria and Italy",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-809",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/809\nof 19 May 2015\ndesignating the European Capitals of Culture for the year 2019 in Bulgaria and Italy\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Decision No 1622/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 2006 establishing a Community action for the European Capital of Culture event for the years 2007 to 2019, and in particular Article 9(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the recommendation from the European Commission,\nHaving regard to the selection panel's reports of October and November 2014 regarding the selection process of the European Capitals of Culture in Bulgaria and Italy,\nWhereas:\nConsidering that the criteria referred to in Article 4 of Decision No 1622/2006/EC are entirely fulfilled,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 304, 3.11.2006, p. 1."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/809/introduction",
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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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