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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-58/annex/division-10/division-20",
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  "legislation": "eudr/1998/58",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 98/58/EC of 20 July 1998 concerning the protection of animals kept for farming purposes",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1998-58",
  "path": "annex/division/10/division/20",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Natural or artificial breeding or breeding procedures which case or are likely to cause suffering or injury to any of the animals concerned must not be practised.\nThis provision shall not preclude the use of certain procedures likely to cause minimal or momentary suffering or injury, or which might necessitate interventions which would not cause lasting injury, where these are allowed by national provisions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1998/58/annex/division/10/division/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:06.741576+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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