{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-976/annex-IV/part-A/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-976/annex-IV/part-A/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2009/976",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 of 19 October 2009 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the Network Services",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2009-976",
  "path": "annex/IV/part/A/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "LIST OF OPERATIONS",
  "text": "In order to be in conformity with regulation 7(2)(c) of the INSPIRE Regulations 2009 or, as the case may be, regulation 8(2)(c) of the INSPIRE (Scotland) Regulations 2009, the Download Service shall at least provide the operations listed in Table 1 of this Annex.\nTable 1\nOperation\nRole\nGet Download Service Metadata\nProvides all necessary information about the service, the available Spatial Data Sets, and describes the service capabilities.\nGet Spatial Data Set\nThe Get Spatial Data Set operation allows the retrieval of a Spatial Data Set.\nDescribe Spatial Data Set\nThis operation returns the description of all the types of Spatial Objects contained in the Spatial Data Set.\nLink Download Service\nAllows the declaration, by a Public Authority or a Third Party, of the availability of a Download Service for downloading Spatial Data Sets or, where practicable, Spatial Objects, through the ... Download Service while maintaining the downloading capability at the Public Authority or the Third Party location.\nThe request and response parameters of each operation complete the description of each operation and form an integral part of the Download Service’s technical specifications.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1088/2010 of 23 November 2010 amending Regulation (EC) No 976/2009 as regards download services and transformation services."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Pt. A substituted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 12(8)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 4 Pt. A omitted (31.12.2020) by The INSPIRE (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1338), regs. 1, 12(8)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2009/976/annex/IV/part/A/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:51:11.985784+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."
}