{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1896/annex-V/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1896/annex-V/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/1896",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1896",
  "path": "annex/V/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Specific rules for the most commonly used instruments of force (equipment of statutory staff deployed as members of the teams)",
  "text": "In accordance with the core principles, the use of force shall only be permissible to the extent that the use of force is necessary for achieving the immediate law enforcement aim, and only after:\nattempts to resolve a potentially violent confrontation by means of persuasion, negotiation, mediation have been exhausted and failed,\na warning of the intention to use force has been given.\nWhere it is necessary to escalate the level of intervention (for example, using a weapon or a different kind of weapon), clear warning of such an escalation shall also be given unless giving such a warning would unduly place members of teams at risk or would create a risk of death or serious harm to others, or would be clearly inappropriate or ineffective in the particular circumstances.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2019/1896/annex/V/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:01.728438+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."
}