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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1997-67/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1997/67",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 97/67/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 1997 on common rules for the development of the internal market of Community postal services and the improvement of quality of service",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1997-67",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Directive establishes common rules concerning:\nthe conditions governing the provision of postal services,\nthe provision of a universal postal service within the Community,\nthe financing of universal services under conditions that guarantee the permanent provision of such services,\ntariff principles and transparency of accounts for universal service provision,\nthe setting of quality standards for universal service provision and the setting-up of a system to ensure compliance with those standards,\nthe harmonisation of technical standards,\nthe creation of independent national regulatory authorities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Directive 2008/6/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 February 2008 amending Directive 97/67/EC with regard to the full accomplishment of the internal market of Community postal services."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1997/67/article/1",
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  },
  "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."
}