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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-126/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/126",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 12 February 2007 establishing for the period 2007 to 2013, as part of the General Programme on Fundamental Rights and Justice, the Specific Programme ‘Criminal Justice’ (2007/126/JHA)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-126",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General objectives",
  "text": "1. The Programme shall have the following general objectives:\n(a) to promote judicial cooperation with the aim of contributing to the creation of a genuine European area of justice in criminal matters based on mutual recognition and mutual confidence;\n(b) to promote the compatibility in rules applicable in the Member States as may be necessary to improve judicial cooperation. To promote a reduction in existing legal obstacles to the good functioning of judicial cooperation with a view to strengthening the coordination of investigations and to increase compatibility of the existing judicial systems in the Member States to the European Union with a view to providing adequate follow-up to investigations of law enforcement authorities of the Member States;\n(c) to improve the contacts and exchange of information and best practices between legal, judicial and administrative authorities and the legal professions: lawyers and other professionals involved in the work of the judiciary, and to foster the training of the members of the judiciary, with a view to enhancing mutual trust;\n(d) to further improve mutual trust with the view to ensuring protection of rights of victims and of the accused.\n2. Without prejudice to the objectives and powers of the European Community, the general objectives of the Programme contribute to the development of community policies, and more specifically to the creation of a judicial area.",
  "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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