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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1021/article-12",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1021",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1021",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Technical assistance",
  "text": "In accordance with Articles 12 and 13 of the Convention, the Secretary of State must cooperate with other Parties to the Convention in providing appropriate and timely technical and financial assistance to developing countries and countries with economies in transition to assist them, upon request and within available resources and taking into account their particular needs, to develop and strengthen their capacity to fully implement their obligations under the Convention. Such support may also be channelled through regional centres, as identified under the Convention, or non-governmental organisations ....",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 12 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 18(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 12 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 18(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 12 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Persistent Organic Pollutants (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1358), regs. 2(2), 18(3)(b)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1021/article/12",
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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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