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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-248/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/248",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 248/2007 of 8 March 2007 on measures concerning the Multi-annual Financing Agreements and the Annual Financing Agreements concluded under the Sapard programme and the transition from Sapard to rural development",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-248",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Continuation of the applicability of the MAFAs and the AFAs after Accession",
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to the continuation of the validity of the Multi-annual Financing Agreements (hereinafter referred to as MAFAs) and the Annual Financing Agreements (hereinafter referred to as AFAs), as listed in Annex III, concluded between the European Commission, representing the European Community, on the one hand and the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia on the other, these Agreements shall continue to apply subject to the provisions of this Regulation.\n2. Articles 2 and 4 of the MAFAs shall cease to apply.\n3. The following provisions of the Annex to the MAFAs shall cease to apply:\n(a) Articles 1 and 3 of Section A; however, any references to these Articles in the MAFAs or AFAs shall be construed as referring to the national accreditation decision in accordance with Article 4 of Section A;\n(b) Article 14, points 2.6 and 2.7 of Section A;\n(c) Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 8 of Section C;\n(d) Item 8 of Section F; and\n(e) Section G.\n4. Article 12(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1266/1999 and Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 2222/2000 shall no longer apply with regard to the Sapard programme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/248/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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