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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2157/article-4",
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  "legislation": "eur/1999/2157",
  "legislation_title": "European Central Bank Regulation (EC) No 2157/1999 of 23 September 1999 on the powers of the European Central Bank to impose sanctions (ECB/1999/4)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2157",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Assistance by the authorities of the Member States",
  "text": "1. The assistance of the authorities of the Member States may be requested by the ECB or the competent national central bank, as the case may be, as a precautionary measure.\n2. No authority of a Member State can act as a substitute for the ECB or the competent national central bank, as the case may be, in the assessment of the need for the investigations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1999/2157/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:57:41.352821+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."
}