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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2315/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2315",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2017/2315 of 11 December 2017 establishing permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) and determining the list of participating Member States",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2315",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Establishment of permanent structured cooperation",
  "text": "Permanent structured cooperation (PESCO) within the Union framework is hereby established between those Member States whose military capabilities fulfil higher criteria as referred to in Article 1 of Protocol No 10, and which have made commitments to one another in this area as referred to in Article 2 of that Protocol, with a view to the most demanding missions, and contributing to the fulfilment of the Union level of ambition.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2315/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:16.706952+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."
}