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  "legislation": "eur/2014/250",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 250/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 establishing a programme to promote activities in the field of the protection of the financial interests of the European Union (Hercule III programme) and repealing Decision No 804/2004/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-250",
  "path": "article/3",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General objective",
  "text": "The general objective of the Programme shall be to protect the financial interests of the Union thus enhancing the competitiveness of the Union’s economy and ensuring the protection of the taxpayers’ money.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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