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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1945/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1945",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/1945 of 14 October 2016 on equivalences between categories of driving licences (notified under document C(2016) 6517) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1945",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Commission agrees that:\n(a) the categories of driving licences which have been issued before the implementation of Directive 2006/126/EC entitle the holder to drive vehicles of the corresponding categories as described in the Annex to this Decision without exchange of the driving licence;\n(b) certain restrictions apply, as provided for in the relevant entitlement in the Annex;\n(c) on exchange of a driving licence to a European Union model driving licence as described in Annex I to Directive 2006/126/EC, the equivalent entitlement is granted as described in the Annex to this Decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1945/article/3",
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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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