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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1398/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/1398",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1398/2014 of 24 October 2014 laying down standards regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-1398",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 and the definitions provided for in the Commission Implementing Regulation to be adopted on the basis of Article 9(3) of Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:\n(a) ‘Competences’ mean according to the definition laid out in the European Reference Framework on Key Competences for Lifelong Learning a combination of knowledge, skills and attitudes appropriate to the context, allowing EU Aid Volunteers to contribute to the provision of needs-based humanitarian aid;\n(b) ‘Transversal competences’ mean competences required in many sectors of volunteering and employment and which are not specific to humanitarian aid;\n(c) ‘Specific competences’ mean competences required for the EU Aid Volunteers initiative and humanitarian aid more widely;\n(d) ‘Technical competences’ mean competences resulting from specialized knowledge relevant in the context of humanitarian aid;\n(e) ‘Learning outcomes’ mean according to the definition laid out in the European Qualifications Framework statements of what a learner knows, understands and is able to do on completion of a learning process. They are expressed in terms of knowledge, skills and competences.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 394, 30.12.2006, p. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ C 111, 6.5.2008, p. 1."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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