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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-672/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/672",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2020/672 of 19 May 2020 on the establishment of a European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) following the COVID-19 outbreak",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-672",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and scope",
  "text": "1. In order to address the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak and respond to its socio‐economic consequences, this Regulation establishes the European instrument for temporary support to mitigate unemployment risks in an emergency (SURE) (the ‘Instrument’).\n2. This Regulation lays down the conditions and procedures enabling the Union to provide financial assistance to a Member State which is experiencing, or is seriously threatened with, a severe economic disturbance caused by the COVID-19 outbreak for the financing, primarily, of short-time work schemes or similar measures aimed at protecting employees and the self‐employed and thus reducing the incidence of unemployment and loss of income, as well as for the financing, as an ancillary, of some health-related measures, in particular in the workplace.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/672/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:40.905252+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."
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