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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1257/article-3",
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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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Community aid referred to in Articles 1, 2 and 4 may be used to finance the purchase and delivery of any product or equipment needed for the implementation of humanitarian operations, including the construction of housing or shelter for the victims, the costs associated with the outside staff, expatriate or local, employed for those operations, the storage, international or national transport, logistics and distribution of relief and any other action aimed at facilitating or obtaining freedom of access for aid recipients.\nIt may also be used to finance any other expenditure directly related to the implementation of humanitarian operations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1257/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:59:10.543451+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."
}