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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-814/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/814",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 814/2004 of 29 April 2004 adapting Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-814",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 814/2004\nof 29 April 2004\nadapting Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 introducing detailed rules for implementing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1906/90 on certain marketing standards for poultrymeat by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia to the European Union\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to the Treaty of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 2(3) thereof,\nHaving regard to the Act of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, and in particular Article 57(2) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCertain technical amendments are necessary in Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91, by reason of the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter “the new Member States”) to the European Union.\n(2)\nArticle 14a(7) of Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 and Annexes I, II and HI thereto contain certain entries in all the languages of the Member States. These provisions should include the language versions of the new Member States.\n(3)\nAnnex VIII to Regulation (EEC) No 1538/91 provides for the list of national reference laboratories for monitoring the water content in poultry meat. It should include the national reference laboratories of the new Member States.\n(4)\nRegulation (EEC) No 1538/91 should therefore be amended accordingly,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 143,7.6.1991, p. 11. Regulation last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1321/2002 (OJ L 194, 23.7.2002, p. 17)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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