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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-653/article-16",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1986/653",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 18 December 1986 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents (86/653/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-653",
  "path": "article/16",
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  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Nothing in this Directive shall affect the application of the law of the Member States where the latter provides for the immediate termination of the agency contract:\n(a) because of the failure of one party to carry out all or part of his obligations;\n(b) where exceptional circumstances arise.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1986/653/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:33.153760+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."
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