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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-744/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2008/744",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 744/2008 of 24 July 2008 instituting a temporary specific action aiming to promote the restructuring of the European Community fishing fleets affected by the economic crisis",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2008-744",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter",
  "text": "1. This Regulation establishes a specific Community action designed to provide for exceptional and temporary support for the persons and enterprises active in the fisheries sector affected by the economic crisis induced by the increase of oil prices in 2008, as a special regime under the European Fisheries Fund (hereinafter referred to as EFF).\n2. This specific action shall consist of:\n(a) general measures supplementing and derogating from certain provisions of Regulation (EC) No 1198/2006, and\n(b) special measures supplementing and derogating from certain provisions of Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 1198/2006 that are conditional upon the implementation of a Fleet Adaptation Scheme as referred to in Article 12.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2008/744/article/1",
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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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