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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-793/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2020/793",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/793 of 12 June 2020 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community as regards certain administrative and staff matters and the laying down of financial rules for the Transport Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-793",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2020/793\nof 12 June 2020\non the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community as regards certain administrative and staff matters and the laying down of financial rules for the Transport Community\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 91 and Article 100(2) in conjunction with Article 218(9) thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the European Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Treaty establishing the Transport Community (‘the TCT’) was signed by the Union in accordance with Council Decision (EU) 2017/1937. It was approved on behalf of the Union on 4 March 2019 by Council Decision (EU) 2019/392 and entered into force on 1 May 2019.\n(2)\nThe Regional Steering Committee was established by the TCT for the administration and the proper implementation of the TCT. The TCT requires the Regional Steering Committee to adopt rules on the working conditions of the staff of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community, as well as a decision specifying the procedure for the implementation of the budget and for presenting and auditing accounts.\n(3)\nThe Regional Steering Committee is shortly to adopt decisions on the travel rules for staff of the Transport Community, on the rules on the reimbursement of expenses incurred by persons from outside the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community who are invited to attend meetings in an expert capacity and on the financial rules and auditing procedures applicable to the Transport Community.\n(4)\nIt is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Regional Steering Committee, as such decisions are necessary for the good functioning of the Permanent Secretariat of the Transport Community and will be binding upon the Union,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2017/1937 of 11 July 2017 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community (OJ L 278, 27.10.2017, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Council Decision (EU) 2019/392 of 4 March 2019 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community (OJ L 71, 13.3.2019, p. 1)."
    }
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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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