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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-853/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/853",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/853 of 21 May 2019 determining the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-853",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/853\nof 21 May 2019\ndetermining the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 301 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nArticle 300 of the Treaty sets out the rules for the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee.\n(2)\nCouncil Decision (EU) 2015/1157 adapted the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee following the accession of Croatia. The number of members for each of Estonia, Cyprus and Luxembourg was reduced by one in order to address the discrepancy between the maximum number of members of the European Economic and Social Committee set out in the first paragraph of Article 301 of the Treaty and the number of members of the European Economic and Social Committee following the accession of Croatia.\n(3)\nThe preamble to Decision (EU) 2015/1157 states that that Decision is to be revised in time for the mandate of the European Economic and Social Committee starting in 2020.\n(4)\nOn 18 September 2018, the European Economic and Social Committee adopted recommendations to the Commission and to the Council on its future composition.\n(5)\nThe current balance in the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee should as far as possible be maintained as it is the result of successive Intergovernmental Conferences.\n(6)\nThe withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union would result in 24 vacant seats in the European Economic and Social Committee. Therefore, the balance in the allocation of seats that existed before the adoption of Decision (EU) 2015/1157 should be restored,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2015/1157 of 14 July 2015 determining the composition of the European Economic and Social Committee (OJ L 187, 15.7.2015, p. 28)."
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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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