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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-987/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/987",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 18 December 2009 conferring on the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia management of aid relating to the Component V — Agriculture and Rural Development of the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) for pre-accession measures 101, 103 and 302 in the pre-accession period (2009/987/EU)",
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  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Expenditure paid earlier than the date of this Decision shall in no case be eligible with the exception of general costs referred to in Article 172(3)(c) of Regulation (EC) No 718/2007.\n2. Expenditure shall be eligible if it is in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and, in particular, of economy and cost-effectiveness.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/987/article/4",
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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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