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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-971/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2008/971",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 December 2008 on the equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in third countries (2008/971/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-971",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "This Decision determines the conditions under which forest reproductive material of the ‘ source identified ’ , ‘ selected ’ and ‘ qualified ’ categories produced in a third country listed in Annex I shall be imported into the Union.\nIt applies, provided that the conditions set out in Annex II and in Directives 2000/29/EC and 2001/18/EC are satisfied.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Decision No 1104/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 amending Council Decision 2008/971/EC to include forest reproductive material of the ‘qualified’ category and to update the name of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/971/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:17:00.832427+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."
}