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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-99/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2011/99",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2011/99/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 on the European protection order",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2011-99",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Need for an existing protection measure under national law",
  "text": "A European protection order may only be issued when a protection measure has been previously adopted in the issuing State, imposing on the person causing danger one or more of the following prohibitions or restrictions:\n(a) a prohibition from entering certain localities, places or defined areas where the protected person resides or visits;\n(b) a prohibition or regulation of contact, in any form, with the protected person, including by phone, electronic or ordinary mail, fax or any other means; or\n(c) a prohibition or regulation on approaching the protected person closer than a prescribed distance.",
  "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/2011/99/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:57.881539+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."
}