{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-300/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-300/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2007/300",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (Euratom) No 300/2007 of 19 February 2007 establishing an Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-300",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Types of measures",
  "text": "1. Community financing may take the following forms:\n(a) projects and programmes;\n(b) sectoral support;\n(c) contributions to guarantee funds in accordance with Article 16;\n(d) debt-relief programmes in exceptional cases, under an internationally agreed debt relief programme;\n(e) grants to fund measures;\n(f) grants to cover operating costs;\n(g) funding for twinning programmes between public institutions, national public bodies or private-law entities with a public-service mission of a Member State and those of a partner country or region;\n(h) contributions to international funds, in particular those managed by international or regional organisations;\n(i) contributions to national funds set up by partner countries and regions to attract joint financing from a number of donors, or contributions to funds set up by one or more donors for the purpose of the joint implementation of operations;\n(j) human and material resources required for effective administration and supervision of projects and programmes by partner countries and regions.\n2. Activities covered by and eligible for funding under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning humanitarian aid may not be funded under this Regulation.\n3. Community financing shall, in principle, not be used for paying taxes, custom duties or other fiscal charges in beneficiary countries.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 163, 2.7.1996, p. 6. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/300/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:02.350959+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."
}