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  "legislation": "eur/2007/391",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 of 11 April 2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 as regards the expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-391",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Pre-financing",
  "text": "1. At the reasoned request of a Member State, the Commission may grant a pre-financing for each project of up to 50 % of the financial contribution granted in the decision provided for in Article 21 of Regulation (EC) No 861/2006. The amount of the pre-financing shall be deducted from any interim payment as well as from the final payment of the financial contribution for that project to the concerned Member State.\n2. The pre-financing shall be paid either on the basis of a contract concluded between the relevant administration and the supplier or on the basis of any supporting documents which make it possible to check the conformity of the actions financed with the terms of the projects referred to in paragraph 1.\n3. If a binding legal commitment is not made by the competent authority of a Member State within the period laid down in Article 4 of this Regulation, any advance granted shall be repaid forthwith.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 984/2012 of 24 October 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 391/2007 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 861/2006 as regards the expenditure incurred by Member States in implementing the monitoring and control systems applicable to the Common Fisheries Policy."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/391/article/10",
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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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