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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-223/article-26a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-223/article-26a.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2014/223",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2014 on the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-223",
  "path": "article/26a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26a",
  "heading": "Eligibility of expenditure for operations supported under OP I during their suspension as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19",
  "text": "Delays in the delivery of food and/or basic material assistance as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19 shall not lead to a reduction of the eligible costs borne by the purchasing body or partner organisations in accordance with Article 26(2). Such costs may be declared to the Commission in their entirety in accordance with Article 26(2) before the food and/or basic material assistance is delivered to the most deprived persons, provided that delivery is resumed after the end of the crisis associated with the outbreak of COVID-19.\nWhere food is spoiled because of the suspension of delivery as a result of the outbreak of COVID-19, the costs set out in point (a) of Article 26(2) shall not be reduced.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Regulation (EU) 2020/559 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 223/2014 as regards the introduction of specific measures for addressing the outbreak of COVID-19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/223/article/26a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:54.639937+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."
}