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  "legislation": "eur/2012/650",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) No 650/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and acceptance and enforcement of authentic instruments in matters of succession and on the creation of a European Certificate of Succession",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-650",
  "path": "article/46",
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  "number": "46",
  "heading": "Procedure",
  "text": "1. The application procedure shall be governed by the law of the Member State of enforcement.\n2. The applicant shall not be required to have a postal address or an authorised representative in the Member State of enforcement.\n3. The application shall be accompanied by the following documents:\n(a) a copy of the decision which satisfies the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity;\n(b) the attestation issued by the court or competent authority of the Member State of origin using the form established in accordance with the advisory procedure referred to in Article 81(2), without prejudice to Article 47.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/650/article/46",
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  },
  "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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