{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1835/article-23",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/1835",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835 of 12 October 2015 defining the statute, seat and operational rules of the European Defence Agency (recast)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-1835",
  "path": "article/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Participation of third parties",
  "text": "1. Third parties may contribute, as contributing members, to a particular ad hoc project or programme, established in accordance with Article 19 or 20, and to the budget associated with it. The Steering Board shall, acting by qualified majority, approve as necessary ad hoc arrangements between the Agency and third parties for each particular project or programme.\n2. For ad hoc projects or programmes established under Article 19, the contributing Member States meeting within the Steering Board shall approve any necessary modalities with the relevant third parties relating to their contribution.\n3. For ad hoc projects or programmes established under Article 20, the contributing Member States shall decide all necessary arrangements with the relevant third parties relating to their contribution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/1835/article/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:12.105415+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."
}