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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1257/article-10",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1257",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1257",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Principle on expenses",
  "text": "The expenses incurred by the EPO in carrying out the additional tasks given to it, within the meaning of Article 143 of the EPC, by the participating Member States shall be covered by the fees generated by the European patents with unitary effect.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1257/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:55.546662+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."
}