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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-99/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2002/99",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/99/EC of 16 December 2002 laying down the animal health rules governing the production, processing, distribution and introduction of products of animal origin for human consumption",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-99",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "General provisions",
  "text": "Member States shall take measures to ensure that products of animal origin intended for human consumption are introduced from third countries only if they comply with the requirements of Chapter I applicable to all stages of the production, processing and distribution of such products in the Community or if they offer equivalent animal health guarantees.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/99/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:54.910777+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."
}