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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/658",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2004/658/CFSP of 13 September 2004 on the financial provisions applicable to the general budget of the European Defence Agency",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The management and internal control systems and procedures shall be designed to:\n(a) achieve the objectives of the policies, programmes and actions of the Agency in accordance with the principle of sound financial management;\n(b) comply with the rules of EU law and minimum control standards established by the Agency;\n(c) safeguard the Agency's assets and information;\n(d) prevent and detect irregularities, errors and fraud;\n(e) identify and prevent management risks;\n(f) ensure reliable production of financial and management information;\n(g) keep supporting documents relating to and subsequent to budget implementation and budget implementation measures;\n(h) keep documents relating to advance guarantees for the Agency and keep a log to enable such guarantees to be adequately monitored.",
  "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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