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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n6/division-2.4/division-2.4.4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42/annex-I/division-1/division-n6/division-2.4/division-2.4.4.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/42",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2006/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 May 2006 on machinery, and amending Directive 95/16/EC (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-42",
  "path": "annex/I/division/1/division/n6/division/2.4/division/2.4.4",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.4.4",
  "heading": "Filling and emptying",
  "text": "The machinery must be designed and constructed to facilitate precise filling with the necessary quantity of pesticide and to ensure easy and complete emptying, while preventing spillage of pesticide and avoiding the contamination of the water source during such operations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Directive 2009/127/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2009 amending Directive 2006/42/EC with regard to machinery for pesticide application (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/42/annex/I/division/1/division/n6/division/2.4/division/2.4.4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:36.910149+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."
}