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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1260/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/1260",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) No 1260/2012 of 17 December 2012 implementing enhanced cooperation in the area of the creation of unitary patent protection with regard to the applicable translation arrangements",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1260",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:\n(a) ‘European patent with unitary effect’ means a European patent which benefits from unitary effect in the participating Member States by virtue of Regulation (EU) No 1257/2012;\n(b) ‘Language of the proceedings’ means the language used in the proceedings before the EPO as defined in Article 14(3) of the Convention on the Grant of European Patents of 5 October 1973, as revised on 17 December 1991 and on 29 November 2000 (hereinafter ‘EPC’).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/1260/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:48:55.490117+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."
}