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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-54/annex-III/division-COMMUNITY/division-1/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2000/54",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to biological agents at work (seventh individual directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2000-54",
  "path": "annex/III/division/COMMUNITY/division/1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "The list of classified agents is based on the effect of those agents on healthy workers.",
  "text": "No specific account is taken of particular effects on those whose susceptibility may be affected for one or other reason such as pre-existing disease, medication, compromised immunity, pregnancy or breast feeding.\nAdditional risk to such workers should be considered as part of the risk assessment required by the Directive.\nIn certain industrial processes, certain laboratory work or certain work with animals involving actual or potential exposure to biological agents of groups 3 or 4, any technical precautions taken must comply with Article 16 of the Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1833 of 24 October 2019 amending Annexes I, III, V and VI to Directive 2000/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards purely technical adjustments."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2000/54/annex/III/division/COMMUNITY/division/1/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:02.086169+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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