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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2240/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/2240",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2015/2240 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 establishing a programme on interoperability solutions and common frameworks for European public administrations, businesses and citizens (ISA2 programme) as a means for modernising the public sector (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-2240",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "General principles",
  "text": "Actions launched or continued under the ISA2 programme shall:\n(a) be based on utility and driven by identified needs and programme objectives;\n(b) comply with the following principles:\nsubsidiarity and proportionality,\nuser-centricity,\ninclusion and accessibility,\ndelivery of public services in such a way as to prevent digital divide,\nsecurity, respect for privacy and data protection,\nmultilingualism,\nadministrative simplification and modernisation,\ntransparency,\npreservation of information,\nopenness,\nre-usability and avoidance of duplication,\ntechnological neutrality, solutions which, insofar as possible, are future-proof, and adaptability,\neffectiveness and efficiency;\n(c) be flexible, extensible and applicable to other business or policy areas; and\n(d) demonstrate financial, organisational and technical sustainability.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/2240/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."
}