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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-257/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/257",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 257/2005 of 4 February 2005 laying down the weightings applicable from 1 July 2004 to the remuneration of officials, contract staff and temporary staff of the European Communities serving in third countries and of certain officials remaining in post in the 10 new Member States for a maximum period of 15 months after accession",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-257",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The institutions shall make back-payments in the event of an increase in remuneration as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex.\n2. The institutions shall make retrospective downward adjustments to remuneration in the event of a reduction as a result of the weightings shown in the Annex for the period between 1 July 2004 and the date of entry into force of this Regulation.\nRetrospective adjustments involving the recovery of sums overpaid shall be restricted to a period of no more than six months preceding the date of entry into force of this Regulation. Recovery shall be spread over no more than 12 months from that date.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/257/article/2",
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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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