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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2015-259/annex/division-2/division-4/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2015/259",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2015/259 of 17 February 2015 in support of activities of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) in the framework of the implementation of the EU Strategy against Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction",
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  "path": "annex/division/2/division/4/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Analytical skills development courses",
  "text": "These courses take place over two weeks, during which participants receive theoretical training and hands-on experience in GC and GC-MS. Topics covered include: hardware; system validation and optimisation; troubleshooting; preparation of environmental samples; and GC/GC-MS analyses of such samples for chemicals related to the CWC. Participants also receive intensive hands-on training in the preparation of different sample matrices to be analysed by GC with element-selective detectors and by GC-MS in electron impact and chemical-ionisation modes. Finally, participants are introduced to a range of extraction, clean-up, and derivatisation procedures. The courses are implemented with the support of Verifin, renowned institution selected through a transparent tender process, with which OPCW has entered into a five-year agreement.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2015/259/annex/division/2/division/4/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:27.942980+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."
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