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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1257/article-13",
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  "legislation": "eur/1996/1257",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1257",
  "path": "article/13",
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  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Commission shall decide on emergency action for an amount not in excess of ECU 10 million.\nThe following operations shall be deemed to necessitate emergency action:\noperations to meet immediate and unforeseeable humanitarian requirements generated by sudden natural or man-made disasters, such as floods, earthquakes and outbreaks of fighting or comparable situations,\noperations limited to the duration of the unforeseeable emergency response: the corresponding funds shall cover the response to the humanitarian needs referred to in the first indent for a period of not more than six months laid down in the decision on financing.\nWhere operations fulfil these conditions and are in excess of ECU 2 million:\nthe Commission shall adopt its decision,\nit shall inform the Member States in writing within forty-eight hours,\nit shall account for its decision at the Committee's next meeting, in particular giving the reasons for its use of the emergency procedure.\nDecisions to continue operations adopted by the emergency procedure shall be taken by the Commission, acting in accordance with the management procedure referred to in Article 17(2) and within the limits set in the second indent of Article 15(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2009 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure referred to in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part Two."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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