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make
provision for information to be made available in various public
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relating to the activities
and organisation of the European Union; to make |
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provision for the flying
of the flag of the European Union on various public |
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buildings; to provide information
to further the establishment of twinning |
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arrangements between towns
in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the |
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European Union in accordance
with the European Union’s town twinning |
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support scheme; and for
connected purposes. |
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Be
it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and |
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consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present |
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Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:— |
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Provision
of information and statistics relating to the European Union
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public buildings and on
the internet |
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Information and statistics
relating to the European Union shall be provided |
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free of charge in public
buildings. |
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(2) |
Information and statistics
relating to the European Union shall be provided |
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free of charge on the internet. |
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(3) |
In subsections (1) and
(2) “Information and statistics” means information
and |
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the purpose, scope and effect
of the European Union’s activities, |
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the organisation of the
European Union, its infrastructure and |
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(c) |
decisions taken by the
European Union and the principle of |
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(4) |
In subsection (1) “Information
and statistics” shall be provided in— |
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The
flag of the European Union |
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The flag of the European
Union shall be flown on Government and public |
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buildings alongside the
union flag. |
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Twinning
arrangements between towns in the United Kingdom and |
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elsewhere in the European
Union |
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(1) |
Information on the European
Union’s town twinning support scheme shall be |
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made available both in
public buildings and on the internet. |
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(2) |
In subsection (1) “Information”
means information on— |
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forms of support (including
financial) provided by the European Union |
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to facilitate town twinning
schemes, |
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(b) |
the scope and benefits of
town twinning schemes, and |
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(c) |
the procedures involved
in applying to the European Union for |
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support for town twinning
schemes. |
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In this Act “public
buildings” means— |
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public libraries, and |
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borough, town, city and
county council headquarters. |
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This Act may be cited as
the European Union (Information, etc.) Act 2007. |
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(2) |
This Act extends to Northern
Ireland. |
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