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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-2121/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2019/2121",
  "legislation_title": "Directive (EU) 2019/2121 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 amending Directive (EU) 2017/1132 as regards cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2019-2121",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Penalties",
  "text": "Member States shall lay down the rules on measures and penalties to infringements of national provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. Member States may provide for criminal penalties for serious infringements.\nThe measures and penalties provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.",
  "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/2019/2121/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:24.758422+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."
}