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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-579/annex-I/article-34",
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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/34",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Implementation of the Convention",
  "text": "1. Each State Party shall take the necessary measures, including legislative and administrative measures, in accordance with fundamental principles of its domestic law, to ensure the implementation of its obligations under this Convention.\n2. The offences established in accordance with Articles 5, 6, 8 and 23 of this Convention shall be established in the domestic law of each State Party independently of the transnational nature or the involvement of an organised criminal group as described in Article 3(1), of this Convention, except to the extent that Article 5 of this Convention would require the involvement of an organised criminal group.\n3. Each State Party may adopt more strict or severe measures than those provided for by this Convention for preventing and combating transnational organised crime.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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