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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1257/signature",
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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": "signature",
  "kind": "signature",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Signature",
  "text": "This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in the participating Member States in accordance with the Treaties.\nDone at Brussels, 17 December 2012.\nFor the European Parliament\nThe President\nM. Schulz\nFor the Council\nThe President\nA. D. Mavroyiannis",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1257/signature",
    "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."
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