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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-278/article-16",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1986/278",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (86/278/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-278",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive within three years of its notification.\nThey shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.\n2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1986/278/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:34.077255+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."
}