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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-553/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2014/553",
  "legislation_title": "Decision No 553/2014/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the participation of the Union in a Research and Development Programme jointly undertaken by several Member States aimed at supporting research and development performing small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2014-553",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Objectives",
  "text": "Eurostars-2 shall pursue the following objectives:\n(1) promote research activities that comply with the following conditions:\n(a) the activities are carried out by transnational collaboration of research- and development performing SMEs among themselves or including other actors of the innovation chain (e.g. universities, research organisations);\n(b) results of activities are expected to be introduced into the market within two years of the completion of an activity;\n(2) increase the accessibility, efficiency and efficacy of public funding for SMEs in Europe by aligning, harmonising and synchronising the national funding mechanisms of Participating States;\n(3) promote and increase the participation of SMEs without previous experience in transnational research.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2014/553/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:39.655661+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}