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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-48/article-20",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2004/48",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-48",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Implementation",
  "text": "1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 29 April 2006 . They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.\nWhen Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.\n2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights (Official Journal of the European Union L 157 of 30 April 2004)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2004/48/article/20",
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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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