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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-71/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/71",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2009/71/Euratom of 25 June 2009 establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-71",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Scope",
  "text": "1. This Directive shall apply to any civilian nuclear installation subject to a licence.\n2. This Directive does not prevent Member States from taking more stringent safety measures in the subject-matter covered by this Directive, in compliance with Community law.\n3. This Directive supplements the basic standards referred to in Article 30 of the Treaty as regards the nuclear safety of nuclear installations and is without prejudice to the existing Community legislation for the protection of the health of the workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation, and in particular Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
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      "text": "Substituted by Council Directive 2014/87/Euratom of 8 July 2014 amending Directive 2009/71/Euratom establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom of 5 December 2013 laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, and repealing Directives 89/618/Euratom, 90/641/Euratom, 96/29/Euratom, 97/43/Euratom and 2003/122/Euratom ( OJ L 13, 17.1.2014, p. 1 )."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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