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  "legislation": "eur/1999/976",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 976/1999 of 29 April 1999 laying down the requirements for the implementation of Community operations, other than those of development cooperation, which, within the framework of Community cooperation policy, contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in third countries",
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  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The Commission shall be assisted by the committee, referred to as the ‘ Human Rights and Democracy Committee ’ , set up by Article 13 of Regulation (EC) No 975/1999.\n2 . Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7(1), (2), and (4) of Council Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.\nThe period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at 30 days.\n3. The committee shall adopt its rules of procedure.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 of 14 April 2003 adapting to Decision 1999/468/EC the provisions relating to committees which assist the Commission in the exercise of its implementing powers laid down in Council instruments adopted in accordance with the consultation procedure (unanimity)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2242/2004 of 22 December 2004 amending Regulation (EC) No 976/1999 laying down the requirements for the implementation of Community operations, other than those of development cooperation, which, within the framework of Community cooperation policy, contribute to the general objective of developing and consolidating democracy and the rule of law and to that of respecting human rights and fundamental freedoms in third countries."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23 ."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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