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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-48/article-53",
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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/53",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Transitional periods",
  "text": "1. Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of toys which are in accordance with Directive 88/378/EEC and which were placed on the market before 20 July 2011.\n2. In addition to the requirement of paragraph 1, Member States shall not impede the making available on the market of toys which are in accordance with the requirements of this Directive, except those set out in Part III of Annex II, provided that such toys meet the requirements set out in Section 3 of Part II of Annex II to Directive 88/378/EEC and were placed on the market before 20 July 2013.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (Official Journal of the European Union L 170 of 30 June 2009)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/48/article/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:11.852207+00:00"
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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."
}