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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eur/1985/3821",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 of 20 December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1985-3821",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The competent authorities of the Member State to which the application for type approval has been submitted shall, in respect of each type of recording equipment or model record sheet or memory card which they approve or refuse to approve, either send within one month to the authorities of the other Member States a copy of the approval certificate accompanied by copies of the relevant specifications, or, if such is the case, notify those authorities that approval has been refused; in cases of refusal they shall communicate the reasons for their decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 2135/98 of 24 September 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 3821/85 on recording equipment in road transport and Directive 88/599/EEC concerning the application of Regulations (EEC) No 3820/85 and (EEC) No 3821/85."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1985/3821/article/7",
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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."
}