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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-147/article-2",
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  "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/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall take the requisite measures to maintain the population of the species referred to in Article 1 at a level which corresponds in particular to ecological, scientific and cultural requirements, while taking account of economic and recreational requirements, or to adapt the population of these species to that level.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "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."
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