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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-708/annex-II/part-1/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2007/708",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EC) No 708/2007 of 11 June 2007 concerning use of alien and locally absent species in aquaculture",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-708",
  "path": "annex/II/part/1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "Step 2",
  "heading": "Consequences of establishment and spreading",
  "text": "The assessor is referred for guidance to Appendix A and Appendix B of the ICES Code of Practice.\nThe final rating for the consequences of establishment and spreading is assigned the value of the element (individual probability) with the highest rating and the final rating for the level of certainty is assigned the value of the element with the lowest level of certainty.\nEvent\nLikelihood(H, M, L)\nCertainty(VC, RC, RU, VU)\nComments in support of assessment\nGenetic mixing with local populations leads to a loss of genetic diversity.\nCompetition (food, space) with or predation on native populations leads to their extirpation.\nOther undesirable events of ecological nature\nSome of the abovementioned events persist even after removal of the introduced species.\nFinal rating",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The assessor is referred for guidance to Appendix A and Appendix B of the ICES Code of Practice."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The final rating for the consequences of establishment and spreading is assigned the value of the element (individual probability) with the highest rating and the final rating for the level of certainty is assigned the value of the element with the lowest level of certainty."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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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