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  "title": "The Timeshare Regulations 1997",
  "long_title": "These Regulations implement Directive 94/47/EC of the European Parliament and Council (OJ No. L 280, 29.10.94, p. 83) on the protection of purchasers in respect of certain aspects of contracts relating to the purchase of the right to use immovable properties on a timeshare basis.",
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