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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-11/article-12",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2013/11",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2013/11/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on alternative dispute resolution for consumer disputes and amending Regulation (EC) No 2006/2004 and Directive 2009/22/EC (Directive on consumer ADR)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2013-11",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Effect of ADR procedures on limitation and prescription periods",
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that parties who, in an attempt to settle a dispute, have recourse to ADR procedures the outcome of which is not binding, are not subsequently prevented from initiating judicial proceedings in relation to that dispute as a result of the expiry of limitation or prescription periods during the ADR procedure.\n2. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to provisions on limitation or prescription contained in international agreements to which Member States are party.",
  "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/2013/11/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:54.863558+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."
}