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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-52/article-8",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2008/52",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2008/52/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2008 on certain aspects of mediation in civil and commercial matters",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-52",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Effect of mediation on limitation and prescription periods",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that parties who choose mediation in an attempt to settle a dispute are not subsequently prevented from initiating judicial proceedings or arbitration in relation to that dispute by the expiry of limitation or prescription periods during the mediation process.\n2. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to provisions on limitation or prescription periods in international agreements to which Member States are party.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/52/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:21.070833+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."
}