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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-456/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/456",
  "legislation_title": "Decision no 456/2005/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2005 establishing a multiannual Community programme to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-456",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Objective of the Programme",
  "text": "1. This Decision establishes a Community programme for the period 2005 to 2008 to make digital content in Europe more accessible, usable and exploitable, facilitating the creation and diffusion of information, in areas of public interest, at Community level.\nThe programme shall be known as the‘eContentplus’ programme (hereinafter the Programme).\n2. In order to attain the overall aim of the Programme, the following lines of action shall be addressed:\n(a) facilitating at Community level access to digital content, its use and exploitation;\n(b) facilitating improvement of quality and enhancing best practice related to digital content between content providers and users, and across sectors;\n(c) reinforcing cooperation between digital content stakeholders and awareness.\nThe activities to be carried out under those lines of action target areas of public sector information, spatial data and educational, cultural and scientific content as set out in Annex I. The Programme shall be implemented in accordance with Annex II.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/456/article/1",
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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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