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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-737/article-9",
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  "legislation": "eur/2010/737",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 737/2010 of 10 August 2010 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Regulation (EC) No 1007/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on trade in seal products (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2010-737",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Each Member State shall designate one or several competent authorities responsible for the following tasks:\n(a) verification upon request of the customs authorities pursuant to Article 7(7) of attesting documents for imported seal products;\n(b) control of the issuing of attesting documents by recognised bodies established and active in that Member State;\n(c) preservation of a copy of attesting documents issued for seal products originating from seal hunts in that Member State.\n2. Member States shall notify the Commission of the competent authorities designated in accordance with paragraph 1.\n3. The Commission shall make the list of competent authorities designated in accordance with paragraph 1 available on its website. The list shall be regularly updated.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2010/737/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:50:40.558822+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."
}