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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-215/article-13",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/215",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 of 18 February 2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-215",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Principle of transparency",
  "text": "1. The EDF shall be implemented and the accounts presented in accordance with the principle of transparency.\n2. The annual statement of the commitments, payments and the annual amount of calls for contributions under Article 7 of the 10th EDF Internal Agreement shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union .\n3. Without prejudice to Article 4 of this Regulation, the first subparagraph of Article 35(2) and Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, concerning the publication of information on recipients and other information, shall apply. For the purpose of the second subparagraph of Article 21(2) of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012, the term ‘ locality ’ shall mean, where necessary, the equivalent to the region at NUTS 2 level when the recipient is a natural person.\n4. Actions financed under the EDF may be implemented with parallel or joint co-financing.\nIn the case of parallel co-financing, an action is to be split into a number of clearly identifiable components which are each financed by the different partners providing co-financing in such a way that the end-use of the financing can always be identified.\nIn the case of joint co-financing, the total cost of an action is to be shared between the partners providing the co-financing and the resources are to be pooled in such a way that it is no longer possible to identify the source of financing for any given activity undertaken as part of the action. In such cases, ex-post publication of grant and procurement contracts as required by the first subparagraph of Article 35(2) and Article 35(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 shall comply with the rules of the entrusted entity, if any.\n5. When providing financial assistance, the Commission shall, where appropriate, take all necessary measures in order to ensure the visibility of the Union's financial support. This shall include measures imposing visibility requirements on recipients of Union funds, except in duly justified cases. The Commission shall be responsible for monitoring recipients' compliance with those requirements.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) No 567/2014 of 26 May 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund as regards the application of the transition period between the 10th European Development Fund and the 11th European Development Fund until the entry into force of the 11th European Development Fund Internal Agreement."
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/215/article/13",
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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."
}