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  "legislation": "eur/2020/2102",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/2102 of 15 December 2020 approving the checks on conformity to marketing standards for fruit and vegetables carried out by the United Kingdom and amending Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 in respect of the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-2102",
  "path": "article/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Official authority and inspection bodies",
  "text": "1. The Secretary of State for the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is the official authority of the United Kingdom referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 15(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 543/2011 under the responsibility of which the checks referred to in Article 1 of this Regulation are carried out.\n2. The Horticulture Marketing Inspectorate (HMI) for England and Wales and the Scottish Government’s Horticulture and Marketing Unit (HMU) for Scotland are the inspection bodies of the United Kingdom in charge of the proper checks within the meaning of the second subparagraph of Article 15(2).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/2102/article/2",
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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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