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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-937/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/937",
  "legislation_title": "European Council Decision (EU) 2018/937 of 28 June 2018 establishing the composition of the European Parliament",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-937",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "European Council Decision (EU) 2018/937\nof 28 June 2018\nestablishing the composition of the European Parliament\nTHE EUROPEAN COUNCIL,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 14(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to the initiative of the European Parliament,\nHaving regard to the consent of the European Parliament,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe first subparagraph of Article 14(2) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) lays down the criteria for the composition of the European Parliament, namely that representatives of the Union's citizens are not to exceed seven hundred and fifty in number, plus the President, that representation is to be degressively proportional, with a minimum threshold of six members per Member State, and that no Member State is to be allocated more than ninety-six seats.\n(2)\nArticle 10 TEU provides, inter alia, that the functioning of the Union is to be founded on representative democracy, with citizens being directly represented at Union level in the European Parliament and Member States being represented by their governments, themselves being democratically accountable to their national Parliaments or citizens, in the Council.\n(3)\nArticle 14(2) TEU therefore applies within the context of the wider institutional arrangements set out in the Treaties, which also include the provisions on decision making in the Council,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Initiative adopted on 7 February 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Consent of 13 June 2018 (not yet published in the Official Journal)."
    }
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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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