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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579/annex-I/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/579",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 29 April 2004 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Community, of the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organised Crime (2004/579/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579",
  "path": "annex/I/article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Scope of application",
  "text": "1. This Convention shall apply, except as otherwise stated herein, to the prevention, investigation and prosecution of:\n(a) the offences established in accordance with Articles 5, 6, 8 and 23 of this Convention; and\n(b) serious crime as defined in article 2 of this Convention;\nwhere the offence is transnational in nature and involves an organised criminal group.\n2. For the purpose of paragraph 1 of this Article, an offence is transnational in nature if:\n(a) it is committed in more than one State;\n(b) it is committed in one State but a substantial part of its preparation, planning, direction or control takes place in another State;\n(c) it is committed in one State but involves an organised criminal group that engages in criminal activities in more than one State; or\n(d) it is committed in one State but has substantial effects in another State.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/579/annex/I/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:10.191876+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."
}