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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1996-1257/article-7",
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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/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Non-governmental organizations eligible for Community financing for the implementation of operations under this Regulation must meet the following criteria:\n(a) be non-profit-making autonomous organizations in a Member State of the Community under the laws in force in that Member State;\n(b) have their main headquarters in a Member State of the Community or in the third countries in receipt of Community aid. This headquarters must be the effective decision-making centre for all operations financed under this Regulation. Exceptionally, the headquarters may be in a third donor country.\n2. When determining a non-governmental organization's suitability for Community funding, account shall be taken of the following factors:\n(a) its administrative and financial management capacities;\n(b) its technical and logistical capacity in relation to the planned operation;\n(c) its experience in the field of humanitarian aid;\n(d) the results of previous operations carried out by the organization concerned, and in particular those financed by the Community;\n(e) its readiness to take part, if need be, in the coordination system set up for a humanitarian operation;\n(f) its ability and readiness to work with humanitarian agencies and the basic communities in the third countries concerned;\n(g) its impartiality in the implementation of humanitarian aid;\n(h) where appropriate, its previous experience in the third country involved in the humanitarian operation concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1996/1257/article/7",
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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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