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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1999-2157/article-7",
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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/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Confidentiality of the infringement procedure",
  "text": "1. An infringement procedure shall be carried out subject to the principles of confidentiality and of professional secrecy.\n2. Without prejudice to Article 6(4), the undertaking concerned shall not have access to documents or other materials in the possession of the ECB or the competent national central bank that are deemed to be confidential in relation to third parties or to the ECB or the competent national central bank. These shall include, in particular, documents or other materials containing information relating to the business interests of other undertakings, or internal documents of the ECB, the competent national central bank, other Community institutions or bodies, or other national central banks, such as notes, drafts and other working papers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1999/2157/article/7",
    "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."
}