{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-966/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2019/966",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/966 of 6 June 2019 appointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, of the Committee of the Regions",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2019-966",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/966\nof 6 June 2019\nappointing a member and an alternate member, proposed by the Republic of Austria, 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 Austrian 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 18 September 2015, by Council Decision (EU) 2015/1572, Mr Hans NIESSL was replaced by Mr Christian ILLEDITS as a member, and Mr Christian ILLEDITS was replaced by Mr Hans NIESSL as an alternate member.\n(2)\nA member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the mandate on the basis of which Mr Christian ILLEDITS (Landtagspräsident Burgenland) was proposed.\n(3)\nAn alternate member's seat on the Committee of the Regions has become vacant following the end of the term of office of Mr Hans NIESSL,\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) 2015/1572 of 18 September 2015 appointing an Austrian member and an Austrian alternate member of the Committee of the Regions (OJ L 245, 22.9.2015, p. 9)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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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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