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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-147/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-147/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2009/147",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (codified version)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-147",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. This Directive relates to the conservation of all species of naturally occurring birds in the wild state in the European territory of the Member States to which the Treaty applies. It covers the protection, management and control of these species and lays down rules for their exploitation.\n2. It shall apply to birds, their eggs, nests and habitats.",
  "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/2009/147/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:04.588372+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."
}