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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429/article-40",
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  "legislation": "eur/2016/429",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-429",
  "path": "article/40",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "40",
  "heading": "Implementing powers",
  "text": "The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down detailed requirements concerning the information to be provided by Member States to the Commission and the other Member States to substantiate declarations of disease–free status of territories, zones and compartments in accordance with Articles 36 to 39, and the format and procedures for:\n(a) applications for recognition of disease–free status of the entire territory of the Member State concerned, or zones and compartments thereof;\n(b) exchanges of information between the Member States and the Commission on disease-free Member States, or zones and compartments thereof.\nThose implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 266(2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/429/article/40",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:57.045484+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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