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  "legislation": "eur/2015/840",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/840 of 29 May 2015 on controls carried out by Responsible Authorities pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 514/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down general provisions on the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and on the instrument for financial support for police cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crisis management",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "General principles regarding on-the-spot controls",
  "text": "The Responsible Authority shall carry out financial and operational on-the-spot controls.\nOn-the-spot controls shall be carried out on the basis of documentation and records held by the project beneficiaries.\nUnannounced on-the-spot controls may be carried out in accordance with the national law where the level of assurance could be undermined if prior notice was given.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/840/article/2",
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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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