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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-879/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/879",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (2008/879/EC)",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council\nof 22 October 2008\non the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund in accordance with point 26 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management\n(2008/879/EC)\nTHE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,\nHaving regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management, and in particular point 26 thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund,\nHaving regard to the proposal from the Commission,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe European Union has created a European Union Solidarity Fund (the Fund) to show solidarity with the population of regions struck by disasters.\n(2)\nThe Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 1 billion.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 2012/2002 contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised.\n(4)\nFrance has submitted an application to mobilise the Fund, concerning a disaster caused by hurricane ‘Dean’ in August 2007,\nHAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3."
    }
  ],
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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