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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-1016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2006/1016",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 19 December 2006 granting a Community guarantee to the European Investment Bank against losses under loans and loan guarantees for projects outside the Community (2006/1016/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-1016",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Countries covered",
  "text": "1. The list of countries eligible or potentially eligible for EIB financing under Community guarantee is laid down in Annex I.\n2. For countries listed in Annex I and marked with ‘*’ and for other countries not listed in Annex I, the eligibility of such country for EIB financing under Community guarantee shall be decided by the Council on a case by case basis in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 181a(2) of the Treaty.\n3. The Community guarantee shall only cover EIB Financing Operations carried out in countries having concluded a framework agreement with the EIB establishing the legal conditions under which such EIB Financing Operations are to be carried out.\n4. In the event of serious concerns over the political or economic situation in a specific country, the Council may decide to suspend new EIB financing under Community guarantee in that country in accordance with the procedure provided for in Article 181a(2) of the Treaty.\n5. The Community guarantee shall not cover EIB Financing Operations in a specific country when the agreement concerning such EIB Financing Operations has been signed after that country’s accession to the EU.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/1016/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:19.947955+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}