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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-53/article-24",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2002/53",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-53",
  "path": "article/24",
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  "number": "24",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Save as otherwise provided in Articles 16 and 18, this Directive shall be without prejudice to the provisions of national laws justified on grounds of the protection of health and life of humans, animals or plants or the protection of industrial or commercial property.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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