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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-7/annex-I/article-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-7/annex-I/article-21.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2007/7",
  "legislation_title": "Decision of the European Central Bank of 24 July 2007 concerning the terms and conditions of TARGET2-ECB (ECB/2007/7) (2007/601/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-7",
  "path": "annex/I/article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Business continuity and contingency procedures",
  "text": "1. In the event of an abnormal external event or any other event which affects the operation of the SSP, the business continuity and contingency procedures described in Appendix IV shall apply.\n2. The Eurosystem provides a Contingency Solution if the events described in paragraph 1 occur. Connection to and use of the Contingency Solution shall be mandatory for participants considered by the ECB to be critical. Other participants may, on request, connect to the Contingency Solution.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Decision (EU) 2019/1848 of the European Central Bank of 29 October 2019 amending Decision ECB/2007/7 concerning the terms and conditions of TARGET2-ECB (ECB/2019/32)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2007/7/annex/I/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:18.350563+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."
}