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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-65/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2008/65",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2008/65/EC of 27 June 2008 amending Directive 91/439/EEC on driving licences",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-65",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 September 2008 at the latest. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.\n2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the essential provisions of national law which they adopt in the field governed by this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/65/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:20.040442+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."
}