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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28/annex-V/division-C/division-9",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/28",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-28",
  "path": "annex/V/division/C/division/9",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The categories referred to in point 8(b) are defined as follows:\n(a) ‘severely degraded land’ means land that, for a significant period of time, has either been significantly salinated or presented significantly low organic matter content and has been severely eroded;\n(b) ‘heavily contaminated land’ means land that is unfit for the cultivation of food and feed due to soil contamination.\nSuch land shall include land that has been the subject of a Commission decision in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of Article 18(4).",
  "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/2009/28/annex/V/division/C/division/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:14.344474+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."
}