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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-835/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/835",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/835 of 25 May 2016 on the renewal of the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/835\nof 25 May 2016\non the renewal of the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 2 of the Treaty on European Union enshrines the values on which the Union is founded and Article 6 accords the Charter of Fundamental Rights the same legal value as the Treaties and establishes that fundamental rights shall constitute general principles of Union law.\n(2)\nOn 20 November 1991, the European Commission decided to incorporate ethics into the decision-making process for Community research and technological development policies by setting up the Group of Advisers on the Ethical Implications of Biotechnology (‘GAEIB’).\n(3)\nThe Commission decided on 16 December 1997 to replace the GAEIB by the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (‘EGE’) extending the Group's mandate to cover all areas of the application of science and technology. The EGE's mandate was subsequently renewed, most recently by the Commission Decision 2010/1/EU. It is now appropriate to renew the mandate for a period of 5 years and subsequently to appoint the new members.\n(4)\nThe EGE is tasked with providing ethical guidance to the European Commission either at the request of the Commission or on its own initiative and upon agreement with the Commission. The Commission may draw the EGE's attention to issues considered by the European Parliament and the Council to be of major ethical importance.\n(5)\nRules on disclosure of information by members of the group should be laid down.\n(6)\nPersonal data should be processed in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council.\n(7)\nDecision 2010/1/EU should be repealed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Commission Decision 2010/1/EU of 23 December 2009 on the renewal of the mandate of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (OJ L 1, 5.1.2010, p. 8)."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation (EC) No 45/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2000 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data by the Community institutions and bodies and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 8, 12.1.2001, p. 1)."
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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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