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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1569/article-20",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1569",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2017/1569 of 23 May 2017 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 536/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying principles of and guidelines for good manufacturing practice for investigational medicinal products for human use and arrangements for inspections (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1569",
  "path": "article/20",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Empowerments of the inspectors",
  "text": "1. The competent authority shall provide inspectors with suitable means of their identification.\n2. Inspectors shall be empowered to:\n(a) enter and inspect the premises of the manufacturer and quality control laboratories having carried out checks pursuant to Article 10 for the manufacturer;\n(b) take samples, including for independent tests to be carried out by an Official Medicines Control Laboratory or a laboratory designated for that purpose by the Member State, and\n(c) examine any documents relating to the object of inspection, make copies of records or printed documents, print electronic records and take photographs of the premises and equipment of the manufacturer.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1569/article/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:34.669471+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."
}