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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1132/article-57",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1132/article-57.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2017/1132",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2017/1132 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 relating to certain aspects of company law (codification) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-1132",
  "path": "article/57",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "57",
  "heading": "Recovery of distributions unlawfully made",
  "text": "Any distribution made contrary to Article 56 shall be returned by shareholders who have received it if the company proves that those shareholders knew of the irregularity of the distributions made to them, or could not in view of the circumstances have been unaware of it.",
  "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/2017/1132/article/57",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:32.484711+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."
}