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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3102",
  "legislation_title": "The European Nursing and Midwifery Qualifications Designation Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-nursing-and-midwifery-qualifications-designation-order-1996",
  "path": "schedule/1",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "EEA State\nImplementation date of Nursing Directives\nEntry into force of first Midwifery Directive\nRelevant date in relation to the first Midwifery Directive\nAustria\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\nBelgium\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nDenmark\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nFinland\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\nFrance\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nGermany\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nGreece\n1st January 1981\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nIceland\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\nIreland\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nItaly\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nLiechtenstein\n1st May 1995\n1st May 1995\n1st May 1995\nLuxembourg\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nNetherlands\n28th June 1979\n23rd January 1983\n23rd January 1986\nNorway\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\nPortugal\n1st January 1986\n1st January 1986\n23rd January 1986\nSpain\n1st January 1986\n1st January 1986\n1st January 1986\nSweden\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994\n1st January 1994",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2003/3148",
      "affecting_title": "The European Qualifications (Health Care Professions) Regulations 2003"
    }
  ],
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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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