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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/patents-supplementary-protection-certificates-rules-1997/schedule-1/part-4/crossheading-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/64",
  "legislation_title": "The Patents (Supplementary Protection Certificates) Rules 1997",
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  "path": "schedule/1/part/4/crossheading/1",
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  "number": "Article 21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "This Regulation shall enter into force six months after its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.\nThis Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.\nDone at Brussels, 23 July 1996.\nFor the European Parliament\nThe President\nK. HÄNSCH\nFor the Council\nThe President\nM. LOWRY",
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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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