{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1215/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/1215",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1215 of 15 July 2019 appointing three members and three alternate members, proposed by the Kingdom of Belgium, of the Committee of the Regions",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-1215",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/1215\nof 15 July 2019\nappointing three members and three alternate members, proposed by the Kingdom of Belgium, of the Committee of the Regions\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 305 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal of the Belgian Government,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nOn 26 January 2015, 5 February 2015 and 23 June 2015, the Council adopted Decisions (EU) 2015/116, (EU) 2015/190 and (EU) 2015/994 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020. On 6 November 2017, by Council Decision (EU) 2017/1999 Mr Jean-François ISTASSE was replaced by Mr Marc HENDRICKX as a member and Mr Marc HENDRICKX was replaced by Mr Jan VAN ESBROECK as an alternate member.\n(2)\nThree members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates on the basis of which Mr Marc HENDRICKX (Lid van het Vlaams Parlement), Mr Karim VAN OVERMEIRE (Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger) and Mr Jan DURNEZ (Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger) were proposed.\n(3)\nThree alternate members' seats on the Committee of the Regions have become vacant following the end of the mandates on the basis of which Mr Jan VAN ESBROECK (Lid van het Vlaams Parlement), Mr Rik DAEMS (Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger) and Mr Wouter VAN BESIEN (Vlaams Volksvertegenwoordiger) were proposed,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/116 of 26 January 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 20, 27.1.2015, p. 42)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/190 of 5 February 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 31, 7.2.2015, p. 25)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/994 of 23 June 2015 appointing the members and alternate members of the Committee of the Regions for the period from 26 January 2015 to 25 January 2020 (OJ L 159, 25.6.2015, p. 70)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1999 of 6 November 2017 appointing a member and two alternate members, proposed by the Kingdom of Belgium, of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 289, 8.11.2017, p. 8)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2019/1215/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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