{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-294/article-12",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/294",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-294",
  "path": "article/12",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Liability",
  "text": "1. The EIT shall be solely responsible for meeting its obligations.\n2. The contractual liability of the EIT shall be governed by the relevant contractual provisions and the law applicable to the contract in question. The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction pursuant to any arbitration clause contained in a contract concluded by the EIT.\n3. In the case of non-contractual liability, the EIT shall, in accordance with the general principles common to the laws of the Member States, make good any damage caused by it or its servants in the performance of their duties.\nThe Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in any dispute relating to compensation for such damage.\n4. Any payment by the EIT for covering the liability referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 and the costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith shall be considered expenditure of the EIT and shall be covered by the resources of the EIT.\n5. The Court of Justice shall have jurisdiction in actions brought against the EIT under the conditions provided for in Articles 230 and 232 of the Treaty.",
  "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/2008/294/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:52:20.904425+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."
}