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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-585/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2010/585",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision 2010/585/CFSP of 27 September 2010 on support for IAEA activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification and in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2010-585",
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  "number": "1",
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  "text": "1. For the purposes of giving immediate and practical implementation to certain elements of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (‘the Strategy’), the Union shall support the IAEA’s activities in the areas of nuclear security and verification in order to further the following objectives:\n(a) to achieve progress towards the universalisation of international non-proliferation and nuclear security instruments, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol;\n(b) to enhance the protection of proliferation-sensitive materials and equipment and the relevant technology, providing legislative and regulatory assistance in the area of nuclear security and safeguards;\n(c) to strengthen the detection of and response to illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials.\n2. The projects of the IAEA, corresponding to measures of the Strategy, are the projects which aim at:\n(a) strengthening national legislative and regulatory infrastructures for the implementation of relevant international instruments in the areas of nuclear security and verification, including comprehensive safeguards agreements and the Additional Protocol;\n(b) assisting States in strengthening the security and control of nuclear and other radio-active materials;\n(c) strengthening States’ capabilities for the detection of and response to illicit trafficking in nuclear and other radioactive materials.\nThose projects shall be carried out in countries needing assistance in those areas after an initial assessment carried out by an expert team.\nA detailed description of the projects is set out in the Annex.",
  "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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