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  "title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof (repealed)",
  "short_title": "Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the…",
  "long_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1249/2008 of 10 December 2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof (repealed)",
  "citation": "EU Regulation No 1249/2008",
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