{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-296/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-296/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/296",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2016/296 of 29 February 2016 replacing a member of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-296",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2016/296\nof 29 February 2016\nreplacing a member of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 255 thereof,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to the initiative of the President of the Court of Justice of 27 January 2016,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nPursuant to the first paragraph of Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, a panel was set up in order to give an opinion on candidates' suitability to perform the duties of Judge and Advocate-General of the Court of Justice and the General Court before the Governments of the Member States make the appointments (the ‘panel’).\n(2)\nBy Decision 2014/76/EU, the Council appointed the seven members of the panel for a period of 4 years, ending on 28 February 2018.\n(3)\nBy letter of 27 January 2016, the President of the Court of Justice informed the President of the Council that Mr Péter PACZOLAY had resigned from his functions as member of the panel with effect from 21 January 2016.\n(4)\nBy the same letter of 27 January 2016, the President of the Court of Justice proposed the appointment of Mr Mirosław WYRZYKOWSKI to replace Mr Péter PACZOLAY for the remainder of his term, in accordance with point 3 of the operating rules of the panel as set out in the Annex to Council Decision 2010/124/EU,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision 2014/76/EU of 11 February 2014 appointing the members of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 41, 12.2.2014, p. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision 2010/124/EU of 25 February 2010 relating to the operating rules of the panel provided for in Article 255 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (OJ L 50, 27.2.2010, p. 18)."
    }
  ],
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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."
}