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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-138/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/138",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/138/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance (Solvency II) (recast) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-138",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter",
  "text": "This Directive lays down rules concerning the following:\n(1) the taking-up and pursuit, within the Community, of the self-employed activities of direct insurance and reinsurance;\n(2) the supervision of insurance and reinsurance groups;\n(3) the reorganisation and winding-up of direct insurance undertakings.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/138/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:05.454940+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."
}