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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-98/article-21",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2002/98",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2002/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 2003 setting standards of quality and safety for the collection, testing, processing, storage and distribution of human blood and blood components and amending Directive 2001/83/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-98",
  "path": "article/21",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "Testing of donations",
  "text": "Blood establishments shall ensure that each donation of blood and blood components is tested in conformity with requirements listed in Annex IV.\nMember States shall ensure that blood and blood components imported into the Community are tested in conformity with requirements listed in Annex IV.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/98/article/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:54.973908+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."
}