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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/604",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 7 August 2009 concerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2009, towards a two-year long pilot project in the field of air quality in schools (2009/604/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-604",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 7 August 2009\nconcerning the financial contribution by the Community, for the year 2009, towards a two-year long pilot project in the field of air quality in schools\n(2009/604/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 49(6)(a) and (b) and 75(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, and in particular Article 90 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009 contains budget line 17 03 09 — pilot project on Complex research on health, environment, transport and climate change (HETC) — Improvement of indoor and outdoor air quality.\n(2)\nUnder Article 49(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (hereinafter referred to as the Financial Regulation), a basic act must first be adopted before the appropriations entered in the budget for any action by the Communities or by the European Union may be used.\n(3)\nUnder Article 49(6)(a) and (b) of the Financial Regulation, by way of derogation from Article 49(1), appropriations for pilot schemes of an experimental nature designed to test the feasibility of an action and its usefulness, and appropriations for preparatory actions in the fields of application of the EC Treaty designed to prepare proposals with a view to the adoption of future actions may be implemented without a basic act provided the actions which they are intended to finance fall within the powers of the Communities or the European Union.\n(4)\nUnder Article 75(2) of the Financial Regulation, the commitment of the expenditure must be preceded by a financing decision adopted by the institution or the authorities to which powers have been delegated by the institution.\n(5)\nUnder Article 90(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 (hereinafter referred to as the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation), where the implementation of the corresponding appropriations is provided for by an annual work programme constituting a sufficiently detailed framework, the work programme is to be considered to be the financing decision for the grants and procurement contracts involved.\n(6)\nThe budget authority has earmarked specific funding in the budget of the EU for 2009, namely on budget line 17 03 09, for a pilot project on Complex research on health, environment, transport and climate change (HETC) — Improvement of indoor and outdoor air quality.\n(7)\nIt is appropriate to adopt the annual work program for the pilot project on Complex research on health, environment, transport and climate change (HETC) — Improvement of indoor and outdoor air quality, which will constitute the financing decision for that project within the meaning of Article 75 of the Financial Regulation and Article 90 of the detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation,\nHAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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