{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2136/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/2136",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2136/2004 of 14 December 2004 amending Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-2136",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2136/2004\nof 14 December 2004\namending Annex II to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 of 29 April 2004 concerning further restrictive measures in relation to Liberia, and in particular, Article 11(b) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nAnnex II to Regulation (EC) No 872/2004 lists the competent authorities to which specific functions relating 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, however, 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 162, 30.4.2004, p.32. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1580/2004 (OJ L 289, 10.9.2004, p. 4)."
    }
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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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