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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1999-352/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/1999/352",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 28 April 1999 establishing the European Anti-fraud Office (OLAF) (notified under document number SEC(1999) 802) (1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-1999-352",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Independence of the investigative function",
  "text": "The Office shall exercise the powers of investigation referred to in Article 2(1) in complete independence. In exercising these powers, the Director-General of the Office shall neither seek nor take instructions from the Commission, any government or any other institution or body.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Decision of 27 September 2013 amending Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom establishing the European Anti-fraud Office (2013/478/EU)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/1999/352/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:57.280628+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."
}