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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1977-495/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/1977/495",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77 of 8 March 1977 determining the categories of officials entitled to, and the conditions for and rates of, allowances for regular stand-by duty",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1977-495",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 495/77\nof 8 March 1977\ndetermining the categories of officials entitled to, and the conditions for and rates of, allowances for regular stand-by duty\nTHE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities laid down in Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68, as last amended by Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3178/76, and in particular the second paragraph of Article 56b of the Staff Regulations,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas it is for the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, to determine the categories of officials entitled to, and the conditions for and rates of, allowances which may be granted to officials who are regularly required to carry out stand-by duty at the place of employment or at home outside normal working hours,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 359, 30.12.1976, p. 9."
    }
  ],
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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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