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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1567/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1567",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1567/2004 of 31 August 2004 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1567",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1567/2004\nof 31 August 2004\namending Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 of 29 September 2003 concerning certain restrictive measures in respect of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and in particular Article 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1727/2003 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions related to the implementation of that Regulation are attributed.\n(2)\nOn 1 May 2004, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia acceded to the European Union. The Act of Accession does not make provision for amendment of that Annex.\n(3)\nThe competent authorities of the new Member States should, therefore, be included as from 1 May 2004 in that Annex,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 249, 1.10.2003, p. 5."
    }
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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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