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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2004-50/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2004/50",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2004/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 amending Council Directive 96/48/EC on the interoperability of the trans-European high-speed rail system and Directive 2001/16/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the interoperability of the trans-European conventional rail system",
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  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions needed to comply with this Directive before .... 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 reference shall be laid down by the Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "24 months after the date of entry into force of this Directive."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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