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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-369/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-369/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/369",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2016/369 of 15 March 2016 on the provision of emergency support within the Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-369",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Eligible Costs",
  "text": "1. Union financing may cover any direct costs necessary for the implementation of the eligible actions set out in Article 3, including the purchase, preparation, collection, transport, storage and distribution of goods and services under those actions as well as investment costs of actions or projects directly related to the achievement of the objectives of the emergency support activated in accordance with this Regulation.\n2. The indirect costs of the partner organisations may also be covered in accordance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.\n3. Union financing may also cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of the emergency support to be provided under this Regulation.\n4. Union financing for emergency support actions under this Regulation may cover up to 100 % of the eligible costs.\n5. Expenditure incurred by a partner organisation before the date of submission of an application for funding may be eligible for Union financing.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Council Regulation (EU) 2020/521 of 14 April 2020 activating the emergency support under Regulation (EU) 2016/369, and amending its provisions taking into account the COVID‐19 outbreak."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/369/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:59.615184+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."
}