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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-2010/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/2010",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (CFSP) 2018/2010 of 17 December 2018 in support of countering illicit proliferation and trafficking of small arms, light weapons (SALW) and ammunition and their impact in Latin America and the Caribbean in the framework of the EU Strategy against Illicit Firearms, Small Arms & Light Weapons and their Ammunition ‘Securing Arms, Protecting Citizens’",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "With a view to the implementation of the EU Strategy against Illicit Firearms, Small Arms &Light Weapons and their Ammunition entitled ‘Securing Arms, Protecting Citizens’ (‘the EU SALW Strategy’), and to the promotion of peace and security, the OAS project on reducing the threat of the illicit spread and trafficking of SALW and their ammunition in Latin America and the Caribbean to be supported by the Union shall have the following specific objectives:\nStrengthen physical security and management systems for national military and other institutional stockpiles through improved site security measures and inventory control,\nReinforce national capabilities for destruction of seized, excess or unsafe SALW and ammunition,\nEnhance national SALW marking and tracing capacity and foment regional cooperation on tracing confiscated weapons and ammunition,\nImprove SALW transfer mechanisms through national legislation, border controls, and regional coordination, and\nPromote socially responsible behaviours in selected communities, targeting groups that are severely affected by armed violence, including the use of turn-in campaigns or other strategies designed to reduce local incidence of violent crimes.\nThe Union shall finance the project, a detailed description of which is set out in the Annex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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