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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1111/article-44",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1111",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1111 of 25 June 2019 on jurisdiction, the recognition and enforcement of decisions in matrimonial matters and the matters of parental responsibility, and on international child abduction (recast)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1111",
  "path": "article/44",
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  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Stay of proceedings",
  "text": "The court before which a decision referred to in Article 42(1) given in another Member State is invoked may stay its proceedings, in whole or in part, where:\n(a) an application has been submitted alleging the irreconcilability of that decision with a later decision as referred to in Article 50; or\n(b) the person against whom enforcement is sought has applied, in accordance with Article 48, for the withdrawal of a certificate issued pursuant to Article 47.",
  "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/2019/1111/article/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:43:16.133869+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."
}