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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2057/annex-I/division-8",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/2057",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision (EU) 2016/2057 of 2 May 2016 on the State aid and measures SA.29338 (2013/C-30) and SA.44910 (2016/N) in favour of HSH Nordbank AG (notified under document C(2016) 2689) (Only the German text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex/I/division/8",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "[Restriction of external growth] Until the end of the sale deadline, an expansion of business activities through the acquisition of control of other companies is not permitted (no external growth). Debt-to-equity swaps and other routine credit management measures are not considered to be an expansion of business activities unless carried out with the intention of circumventing the restriction of growth referred to in the first sentence.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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