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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1629/article-26",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2016/1629",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2016-1629",
  "path": "article/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Hardship",
  "text": "1. Following the expiry of transitional provisions to technical requirements laid down in Annex II, the Commission may adopt implementing acts allowing derogations from the technical requirements laid down in that Annex which were subject to those transitional provisions, where those requirements are technically difficult to apply or where their application might entail disproportionate costs.\nThose implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 33(2).\n2. The competent authorities of a Member State shall specify any applicable derogations referred to in paragraph 1 in the Union inland navigation certificate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2016/1629/article/26",
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  },
  "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."
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