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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-706/annex/division-8/division-12",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1996/706",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 6 December 1996 concerning the adoption of the guidelines for the indicative programmes concerning financial and technical measures to accompany the reform of economic and social structures in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership (MEDA) (96/706/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1996-706",
  "path": "annex/division/8/division/12",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Concerning the Maghreb:",
  "text": "support for Morocco is to be based on two complementary main axes. The first addresses the improvement of socioeconomic balance through measures on rural development, water and the development of social services, in particular in education and health care. In this context the needs of the Northern Provinces shall also be taken into account. The second axis concerns the support for economic transition in the context of the implementation of the Association Agreement and includes, in particular, budgetary support to underpin a medium-term strategy of macroeconomic stabilization and broad structural reforms as well as measures enhancing enterprise competitiveness,\nfor Tunisia, support is to be concentrated on two complementary principal axes. The first, support for economic transition in the context of the implementation of the Association Agreement, broadly comprises the following activities: budgetary support for economic reforms, assistance for economic upgrading (to include the development of the financial sector), promotion of inward investment, a programme of professional training and the modernization of economic infrastructure. The second axis, the reinforcement of social equilibrium, provides in particular, for activities in support of development of rural areas and employment creation, including the development of micro-enterprises,\ninterventions in favour of Algeria are to be focused on two complementary main areas. The first axis is to support socioeconomic equilibrium through improvement of the instruments in favour of social welfare, in order to address fundamental social needs and employment creation in the short term, as well as support for the housing sector. Measures in favour of the environment shall also be undertaken. The second axis is to consist of support for economic transition through programmes of structural adjustment, promotion of small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) development, a programme of industrial restructuring and modernization as well as development of the financial sector.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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