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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/17",
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  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall day down quality standards for national mail and shall ensure that they are compatible with those laid down for intra-Community cross-border services.\nMember States shall notify their quality standards for national services to the Commission, who will publish them in the same manner as the standards for intra-Community cross-border services referred to in Article 18.\nNational regulatory authorities shall ensure that independent performance monitoring is carried out in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 16, that the results are justified, and that corrective action is taken where necessary.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1997/67/article/17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:09.990280+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."
}