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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-999/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/999",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/999 of 9 July 2020 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the approval of germinal product establishments and the traceability of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-999",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter and scope",
  "text": "This Regulation lays down rules concerning germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals.\nThose rules cover:\n(a) the information to be provided by operators in applications for approval of germinal product establishments for bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals and the time-limits for providing such information, as well as the time-limits for informing the competent authority of any cessation of activity of such germinal product establishments approved by it;\n(b) the technical requirements and specifications for the marking of germinal products of bovine, porcine, ovine, caprine and equine animals and the operational requirements for their traceability.",
  "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/2020/999/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:32.761234+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."
}