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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2304/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eur/2002/2304",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2304/2002 of 20 December 2002 implementing Council Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community ('Overseas Association Decision')",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2002-2304",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Use of the reserve",
  "text": "1. The Commission shall allocate resources from reserve B for the purposes referred to in Article 3(4)(b) of Annex II Aa to the Overseas Association Decision on the basis of the mid-term review referred to in Article 22 of this Regulation. The Commission shall adjust the indicative amounts already allocated accordingly and inform the OCTs and the Member States of its decision regarding the new allocations.\n2. For the purposes of committing the resources provided for in Article 28 and Annex II D of the Overseas Association Decision, any OCTs which considers itself to be eligible for the support provided for therein shall submit a complete request on the forms made available by the Commission and include all the information needed for it to be assessed.\nThe request shall be submitted to the Commission at the latest by the end of the year following the year for which the additional support is required.\nThe Commission shall inform the OCTs within the shortest possible time of its decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1424/2007 of 4 December 2007 amending Regulation (EC) No 2304/2002 implementing Council Decision 2001/822/EC on the association of the overseas countries and territories with the European Community and allocating the indicative amounts under the 10th European Development Fund."
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  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2002/2304/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."
}