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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-105/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2006/105",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 79/409/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 97/68/EC, 2001/80/EC and 2001/81/EC in the field of environment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-105",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Directive 2006/105/EC\nof 20 November 2006\nadapting Directives 79/409/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 97/68/EC, 2001/80/EC and 2001/81/EC in the field of environment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nPursuant to Article 56 of the Act of Accession, where acts of the institutions remain valid beyond 1 January 2007, and require adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in the Act of Accession or its Annexes, the necessary acts are to be adopted by the Council, unless the Commission adopted the original act.\n(2)\nThe Final Act of the Conference which drew up the Treaty of Accession indicated that the High Contracting Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt these adaptations before accession, completed and updated where necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.\n(3)\nDirectives 79/409/EEC, 92/43/EEC, 97/68/EC, 2001/80/EC and 2001/81/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 2006/105/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 73/239/EEC, 74/557/EEC and 2002/83/EC in the field of environment, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania (Official Journal of the European Union L 363 of 20 December 2006)."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 157, 21.6.2005, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 103, 25.4.1979, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 59, 27.2.1998, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 22."
    }
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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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