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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-294/article-9",
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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/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Independence of the EIT and consistency with Community, Member State or intergovernmental action",
  "text": "1. The EIT shall carry out its activities independently of national authorities and external pressures.\n2. The activity of the EIT shall be consistent with other action and instruments to be implemented at Community level, in particular in the fields of higher education, research and innovation.\n3. The EIT shall also take appropriate account of policies and initiatives at regional, national and intergovernmental levels in order to make use of best practices, well established concepts and existing resources.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/294/article/9",
    "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."
}