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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1994-700/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1994-700/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/1994/700",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 24 October 1994 on the extension of the legal protection of topographies of semiconductor products to persons from Canada (94/700/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1994-700",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall extend the legal protection provided for pursuant to Directive 87/54/EEC as follows:\n(a) natural persons who are nationals of Canada or who have their habitual residence in the territory of Canada shall be treated as if they were nationals of a Member State;\n(b) companies and other legal persons of Canada which have a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in that country shall be treated as if they had a real and effective industrial or commercial establishment in the territory of a Member State.",
  "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/eudn/1994/700/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:19:31.268989+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."
}