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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1724/annex-I/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/1724",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 2 October 2018 establishing a single digital gateway to provide access to information, to procedures and to assistance and problem-solving services and amending Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 (Text with EEA relevance)",
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  "path": "annex/I/division/1",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Areas of information areas related to citizens:\nArea\nINFORMATION REGARDING RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND RULES ARISING FROM UNION AND NATIONAL LAW\nA.\nTravel within the Union\n1.\ndocuments required of Union citizens, their family members who are not Union citizens, minors travelling alone and non-Union citizens when travelling across borders within the Union (ID card, visa, passport)\n2.\nrights and obligations of travellers by plane, train, ship, bus in and from the Union, and of those who buy travel packages or linked travel arrangements\n3.\nassistance in case of reduced mobility when travelling in and from the Union\n4.\ntransport of animals, plants, alcohol, tobacco, cigarettes and other goods when travelling in the Union\n5.\nvoice calling and sending and receiving electronic messages and electronic data within the Union\nB.\nWork and retirement within the Union\n1.\nseeking employment in another Member State\n2.\ntaking up employment in another Member State\n3.\nrecognition of qualifications with a view to employment in another Member State\n4.\ntaxation in another Member State\n5.\nrules on liability and mandatory insurance linked to residence or employment in another Member State\n6.\nterms and conditions of employment, including for posted workers, as stipulated by law or statutory instrument (including information on working hours, paid leave, holiday entitlements, rights and obligations regarding overtime work, health checks, termination of contracts, dismissal and redundancies)\n7.\nequal treatment (rules prohibiting discrimination in the workplace, rules on equal pay for men and women and on equal pay for employees on fixed-term or permanent employment contracts)\n8.\nhealth and safety obligations in relation to different types of activity\n9.\nsocial security rights and obligations in the Union including those related to getting pensions\nC.\nVehicles in the Union\n1.\ntaking a motor vehicle temporarily or permanently to another Member State\n2.\nacquiring and renewing a driving licence\n3.\ntaking out mandatory motor vehicle insurance\n4.\nbuying and selling a motor vehicle in another Member State\n5.\nnational traffic rules and requirements for drivers, including general rules for the use of the national road infrastructure: time-based charges (vignette), distance-based charges (toll), emission stickers\nD.\nResidence in another Member State\n1.\nmoving temporarily or permanently to another Member State\n2.\npurchasing and selling of immovable property, including any conditions and obligations related to taxation, ownership, or use of such property, including its use as a secondary residence\n3.\nparticipating in municipal elections and elections to the European Parliament\n4.\nrequirements for residence cards for Union citizens and their family members, including family members who are not Union citizens\n5.\nconditions applicable to the naturalisation of nationals from another Member State\n6.\nrules applicable in the case of death, including rules on the repatriation of remains to another Member State\nE.\nEducation or traineeship in another Member State\n1.\neducation system in another Member State, including early childhood education and care, primary and secondary education, higher education and adult learning\n2.\nvolunteering in another Member State\n3.\ntraineeships in another Member State\n4.\nconducting research in another Member State as part of an education programme\nF.\nHealthcare\n1.\ngetting medical treatment in another Member State\n2.\nbuying prescribed pharmaceutical products in a Member State other than the one where the prescription was issued, online or in person\n3.\nhealth insurance rules applicable in the case of short-term or long-term stays in another Member State, including how to apply for a European Health Insurance Card\n4.\ngeneral information on access rights or obligations to participate in available public preventive healthcare measures\n5.\nservices provided through national emergency numbers, including ‘112’ and ‘116’ numbers\n6.\nrights and conditions for moving to a residential care home\nG.\nCitizens’ and family rights\n1.\nbirth, custody for minor children, parental responsibilities, rules on surrogacy and adoption, including second-parent-adoption, maintenance obligations in relation to children in a cross-border family situation\n2.\nliving in a couple with different nationalities, including same-sex couples (marriage, civil or registered partnership, separation, divorce, marital property rights, the rights of cohabitants)\n3.\nrules of gender recognition\n4.\nrights and obligations in relation to succession in another Member State, including tax rules\n5.\nrights and rules applicable in the case of cross-border parental child abduction\nH.\nConsumer rights\n1.\nbuying goods, digital content or services (including financial services) from another Member State, online or in person\n2.\nholding a bank account in another Member State\n3.\nconnection to utilities, such as gas, electricity, water, household waste disposal, telecoms and the internet\n4.\npayments, including credit transfers, delays in cross-border payments\n5.\nconsumer rights and guarantees related to buying goods and services, including procedures for consumer dispute resolution and compensation\n6.\nsafety and security of consumer products\n7.\nrenting a motor vehicle\nI.\nProtection of personal data\n1.\nexercising data subjects’ rights in relation to the protection of personal data",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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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