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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-1260/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Entry into force",
  "text": "1. This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.\n2. It shall apply from 1 January 2014 or the date of entry into force of the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court, whichever is the later.",
  "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/7",
    "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."
}