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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-278/article-4",
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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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Values for concentrations of heavy metals in soil to which sludge is applied, concentrations of heavy metals in sludge and the maximum annual quantities of such heavy metals which may be introduced into soil intended for agriculture are given in Annexes I A, I B and I C.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "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."
}