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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2535/article-7",
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  "legislation": "eur/2001/2535",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 of 14 December 2001 laying down detailed rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1255/1999 as regards the import arrangements for milk and milk products and opening tariff quotas",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2001-2535",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Applicants for import licences must be approved in advance by the competent authority of the Member State in which they are established.\nThe authority concerned shall assign an approval number to each approved importer.",
  "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/eur/2001/2535/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:56:40.759940+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."
}