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  "legislation": "eudr/2005/4",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2005/4/EC of 19 January 2005 amending Directive 2001/22/EC laying down the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and 3-MCPD in foodstuffs (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-4",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.\nThis Directive is addressed to the Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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