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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-82/annex-I/title-II/part-3/division-B/division-6/division-6.3",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2001/82",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to veterinary medicinal products",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-82",
  "path": "annex/I/title/II/part/3/division/B/division/6/division/6.3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "6.3",
  "heading": "Reversion to virulence of attenuated vaccines",
  "text": "Reversion to virulence shall be investigated with the master seed. If the master seed is not available in sufficient quantity the lowest passage seed used for the production shall be examined. Use of another passage option shall be justified. The initial vaccination shall be carried out using the route of administration most likely to lead to reversion to virulence. Serial passages shall be made in target animals through five groups of animals, unless there is justification to make more passages or the organism disappears from the test animals sooner. Where the organism fails to replicate adequately, as many passages as possible shall be carried out in the target species.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2009/9/EC of 10 February 2009 amending Directive 2001/82/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Community code relating to medicinal products for veterinary use (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/82/annex/I/title/II/part/3/division/B/division/6/division/6.3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:59.567754+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."
}