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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2447/attachment-2/division-FORMATS AND CODES OF THE COMMON DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS/division-TITLE II/division-2./division-1/7.",
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  "legislation": "eur/2015/2447",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2447 of 24 November 2015 laying down detailed rules for implementing certain provisions of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the Union Customs Code",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2447",
  "path": "attachment/2/division/FORMATS AND CODES OF THE COMMON DATA REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICATIONS AND DECISIONS/division/TITLE II/division/2./division/1/7.",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1/7",
  "heading": "Decision taking customs authority",
  "text": "The structure of the codes is the following:\nthe first two characters (a2) serve to identify the country by means of the country code as defined in Commission Regulation (EU) No 1106/2012,\nthe next six characters (an6) stand for the office concerned in that country. It is suggested that the following structure be adopted:\nThe first three characters (an3) would be taken up by the UN/LOCODE location name and the last three by a national alphanumeric subdivision (an3). If this subdivision is not used, the characters ‘000’ should be inserted.\nExample: BEBRU000: BE = ISO 3166 for Belgium, BRU = UN/LOCODE location name for the city of Brussels, 000 for the unused subdivision.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Recommendation 16 on UN/LOCODE — CODE FOR PORTS AND OTHER LOCATIONS."
    }
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  "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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