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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-48/article-18",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/48",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-48",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Safety assessments",
  "text": "Manufacturers shall, before placing a toy on the market, carry out an analysis of the chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, flammability, hygiene and radioactivity hazards that the toy may present, as well as an assessment of the potential exposure to such hazards.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/48/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:11.852207+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."
}