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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1939/article-38",
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  "legislation": "eur/2017/1939",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2017/1939 of 12 October 2017 implementing enhanced cooperation on the establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (‘the EPPO’)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2017-1939",
  "path": "article/38",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Disposition of confiscated assets",
  "text": "Where, in accordance with the requirements and procedures under national law including the national law transposing Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, the competent national court has decided by a final ruling to confiscate any property related to, or proceeds derived from, an offence within the competence of the EPPO, such assets or proceeds shall be disposed of in accordance with applicable national law. This disposition shall not negatively affect the rights of the Union or other victims to be compensated for damage that they have incurred.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Directive 2014/42/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 3 April 2014 on the freezing and confiscation of instrumentalities and proceeds of crime in the European Union (OJ L 127, 29.4.2014, p. 39)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2017/1939/article/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:44:30.155126+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."
}