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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2007-708/annex-II/part-2/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/2/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "Step 2",
  "heading": "Consequences of non-target species 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 is assigned the value of the highest risk rating and final rating for the level of certainty is also 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\nThe non-target species compete with or predate on native populations, leading to their extirpation.\nGenetic mixing of the non-target species with local populations leads to a loss of genetic diversity.\nOther undesirable events of ecological or pathological nature\nSome of the abovementioned events persist even after removal of the non-target 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 is assigned the value of the highest risk rating and final rating for the level of certainty is also assigned the value of the element with the lowest level of certainty."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2007/708/annex/II/part/2/division/2",
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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."
}