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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-215/article-8",
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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/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Principle of universality",
  "text": "Without prejudice to Article 9 of this Regulation, total revenue shall cover total estimated payments.\nAll revenue and expenditure shall be entered in full without any adjustment against each other, and without prejudice to Article 23 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 concerning rules on deductions and exchange rate adjustments, which shall apply.\nHowever, the revenue referred to in point (c) of Article 9(2) of this Regulation shall automatically decrease payments made against the commitment from which it was generated.\nThe Union may not raise loans within the framework of the EDF.",
  "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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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/215/article/8",
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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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