{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1257/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Such Community aid referred to in Articles 1 and 2 may also be used to finance:\npreparatory and feasibility studies for humanitarian operations and the assessment of humanitarian projects and plans,\noperations to monitor humanitarian projects and plans,\nsmall-scale training schemes and general studies in the field of humanitarian operations, to be phased out gradually where funding is over several years,\nthe cost of highlighting the Community nature of the aid,\npublic awareness and information campaigns aimed at increasing understanding of humanitarian issues, especially in Europe and in third countries where the Community is funding major humanitarian operations,\nmeasures to strengthen the Community's coordination with the Member States, other donor countries, international humanitarian organizations and institutions, non-governmental organizations and organizations representing them,\nthe technical assistance necessary for the implementation of humanitarian projets, including the exchange of technical know-how and experience by European humanitarian organizations and agencies or between such bodies and those of third countries,\nhumanitarian mine-clearance operations, including campaigns to increase awareness of anti-personnel mines on the part of the local population.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1257/article/4",
    "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."
}