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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-113/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2004/113",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2004/113/EC of 13 December 2004 implementing the principle of equal treatment between men and women in the access to and supply of goods and services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-113",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Positive action",
  "text": "With a view to ensuring full equality in practice between men and women, the principle of equal treatment shall not prevent any Member State from maintaining or adopting specific measures to prevent or compensate for disadvantages linked to sex.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2004/113/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:45.473594+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."
}