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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-semiconductor-topographies-amendment-regulations-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2147",
  "legislation_title": "The Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) (Amendment) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/design-right-semiconductor-topographies-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Schedule to the Design Right (Semiconductor Topographies) Regulations 1989 to give effect to a communication from the European Commission pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 1 of Council Decision 88/311/EEC (O.J. No. L140, 7.6.1988, page 13). This communication determines that Sweden is a country which satisfies the conditions in paragraph 2 of that Article that protection of topographies of semiconductor products under Swedish law has been extended to all classes of persons in the Member States of the European Economic Community.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2147/note",
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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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