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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1958-1/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/1958/1",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation No 1 determining the languages to be used by the European Economic Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1958-1",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Any reference in assimilated law to any official language of the European Union or one of the institutions of the European Union (or similar expressions) is to be read as a reference to the English language, unless the contrary intention appears.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The European Institutions and Consular Protection (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1391), regs. 1, 9(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Art. 1 substituted (27.2.2025) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/82), reg. 1(2), Sch. 6 para. 15"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1958/1/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:00.926060+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."
}