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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-508/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eur/2009/508",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 508/2009 of 15 June 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-508",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 508/2009\nof 15 June 2009\namending Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 as regards the marketing standards for poultrymeat\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007 establishing a common organisation of agricultural markets and on specific provisions for certain agricultural products (Single CMO Regulation), and in particular Article 121(e), in conjunction with Article 4 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nIn accordance with Article 18 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 543/2008 the national reference laboratories have to forward to the Board of Experts, before the 1st July each year, the results of checks related to the monitoring of water content in poultrymeat set up in that Regulation.\n(2)\nFor sake of harmonisation, it is advisable that all national reference laboratories use the same templates and the same address when transmitting the data to the Board of Experts.\n(3)\nRegulation (EC) No 543/2008 should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(4)\nThe measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Management Committee for the Common Organisation of the Agricultural Markets,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 299, 16.11.2007, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 157, 17.6.2008, p. 46."
    }
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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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