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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-71/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1996/71",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 96/71/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 concerning the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-71",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definition",
  "text": "1. For the purposes of this Directive, ‘posted worker’ means a worker who, for a limited period, carries out his work in the territory of a Member State other than the State in which he normally works.\n2. For the purposes of this Directive, the definition of a worker is that which applies in the law of the Member State to whose territory the worker is posted.",
  "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/1996/71/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:12.067658+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."
}