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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-399/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Conduct of border checks",
  "text": "1. Border guards shall, in the performance of their duties, fully respect human dignity, in particular in cases involving vulnerable persons.\nAny measures taken in the performance of their duties shall be proportionate to the objectives pursued by such measures.\n2. While carrying out border checks, border guards shall not discriminate against persons on grounds of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/399/article/7",
    "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."
}