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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/article-152",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1351",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351",
  "path": "article/152",
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  "number": "152",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. If, in the presence of the Chairman of the Disciplinary Board, the staff member concerned acknowledges misconduct on his part and accepts unreservedly the report referred to in Article 149, the AACC may, in accordance with the principle of proportionality between the nature of the misconduct and the penalty being considered, withdraw the case from the Disciplinary Board. Where a case is withdrawn from the Disciplinary Board, the Chairman shall deliver an opinion on the penalty considered.\n2. Under this procedure the AACC may, by derogation from Article 149, impose one of the penalties provided for in Article 147(1)(a) to (d).\n3. The staff member concerned shall be informed before acknowledging his misconduct of the possible consequences of such acknowledgement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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