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  "legislation": "eur/2016/399",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) (codification)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-399",
  "path": "article/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and principles",
  "text": "This Regulation provides for the absence of border control of persons crossing the internal borders between the Member States of the Union.\nIt lays down rules governing border control of persons crossing the external borders of the Member States of the Union.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/399/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:58.935424+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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