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  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 24 June 2004 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty concerning case COMP/A.38549 — Belgian Architects' Association (notified under document number C(2004) 2180) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2005/8/EC)",
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  "text": "Professional services are usually characterised by a high level of regulation, in the form of either state regulation or self-regulation by professional bodies. Some of this regulation is potentially restrictive, the five main categories being (i) price fixing, (ii) recommended prices, (iii) advertising regulations, (iv) entry requirements and reserved rights, and (v) regulations governing business structure and multi-disciplinary practices.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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