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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-866/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/866",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 on a regime under Article 2 of Protocol 10 to the Act of Accession",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-866",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purpose of this Regulation the following definitions shall apply:\n1.. the term ‘ line ’ means:\n(a) for the purpose of checks on persons, as defined in Article 2, the line between the areas under the effective control of the Government of the Republic of Cyprus and those areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control;\n(b) for the purpose of checks on goods, as defined in Article 4, the line between the areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control and both those areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus exercises effective control and the Eastern Sovereign Base Area of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;\n2.. the term ‘ third-country national ’ means any person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 17(1) of the EC Treaty.\nReferences in this Regulation to areas in which the Government of the Republic of Cyprus does not exercise effective control are to areas within the Republic of Cyprus only.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "X",
      "label": "X1",
      "text": "Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Regulation (EC) No 866/2004 of 29 April 2004 on a regime under Article 2 of Protocol 10 to the Act of Accession (Official Journal of the European Union L 161 of 30 April 2004)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/866/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:33.391042+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."
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