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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-541/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-541/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2017/541",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2017/541 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2017 on combating terrorism and replacing Council Framework Decision 2002/475/JHA and amending Council Decision 2005/671/JHA",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2017-541",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Sanctions for legal persons",
  "text": "Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that a legal person held liable pursuant to Article 17 is punishable by effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions, which shall include criminal or non-criminal fines and may include other sanctions, such as:\n(a) exclusion from entitlement to public benefits or aid;\n(b) temporary or permanent disqualification from the practice of commercial activities;\n(c) placing under judicial supervision;\n(d) a judicial winding-up order;\n(e) temporary or permanent closure of establishments which have been used for committing the offence.",
  "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/2017/541/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:33.164796+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."
}