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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-375/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eur/2014/375",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 375/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 establishing the European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (‘EU Aid Volunteers initiative’)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2014-375",
  "path": "article/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Actions under the EU Aid Volunteers initiative",
  "text": "The EU Aid Volunteers initiative shall pursue the objectives referred to in Articles 4 and 7 through the following types of actions:\ndevelopment and maintenance of standards and procedures regarding candidate volunteers and EU Aid Volunteers;\ndevelopment and maintenance of a certification mechanism for sending and hosting organisations;\nidentification and selection of candidate volunteers;\nestablishment of a training programme and support for training and apprenticeship placements;\nestablishment, maintenance and updating of a database of EU Aid Volunteers;\ndeployment of EU Aid Volunteers to support and complement humanitarian aid in third countries;\ncapacity building of hosting organisations;\nestablishment and management of a network for the EU Aid Volunteers initiative;\ncommunication and awareness raising;\nancillary activity that furthers the accountability, transparency and effectiveness of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2014/375/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:47:46.113885+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."
}