{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1994-80/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1994/80",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 94/80/EC of 19 December 1994 laying down detailed arrangements for the exercise of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections by citizens of the Union residing in a Member State of which they are not nationals",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1994-80",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any person who, on the reference date:\n(a) is a citizen of the Union within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 8 (1) of the Treaty; and\n(b) is not a national of the Member State of residence, but in any event satisfies the same conditions in respect of the right to vote and to stand as a candidate as that State imposes by law on its own nationals,\nshall have the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in municipal elections in the Member State of residence in accordance with this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1994/80/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:14.864329+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."
}