{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63/article-59",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2010/63",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2010-63",
  "path": "article/59",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "Competent authorities",
  "text": "1. Each Member State shall designate one or more competent authorities responsible for the implementation of this Directive.\nMember States may designate bodies other than public authorities for the implementation of specific tasks laid down in this Directive only if there is proof that the body:\n(a) has the expertise and infrastructure required to carry out the tasks; and\n(b) is free of any conflict of interests as regards the performance of the tasks.\nBodies thus designated shall be considered competent authorities for the purposes of this Directive.\n2. Each Member State shall communicate details of a national authority serving as contact point for the purposes of this Directive to the Commission by 10 February 2011, as well as any update to such data.\nThe Commission shall make publicly available the list of those contact points.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2010/63/article/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:06.739931+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."
}