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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-41/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2004/41",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2004/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 repealing certain Directives concerning food hygiene and health conditions for the production and placing on the market of certain products of animal origin intended for human consumption and amending Council Directives 89/662/EEC and 92/118/EEC and Council Decision 95/408/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-41",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by the relevant date at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.\nWhen Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such references shall be laid down by Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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