{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1148/article-20",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2016/1148",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2016/1148 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2016 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1148",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Voluntary notification",
  "text": "1. Without prejudice to Article 3, entities which have not been identified as operators of essential services and are not digital service providers may notify, on a voluntary basis, incidents having a significant impact on the continuity of the services which they provide.\n2. When processing notifications, Member States shall act in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 14. Member States may prioritise the processing of mandatory notifications over voluntary notifications. Voluntary notifications shall only be processed where such processing does not constitute a disproportionate or undue burden on Member States concerned.\nVoluntary notification shall not result in the imposition upon the notifying entity of any obligations to which it would not have been subject had it not given that notification.",
  "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/2016/1148/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:34.339432+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."
}