Recital 8

Specification of Rules by Member State Law Unofficial title

Where this Regulation provides for specifications or restrictions of its rules by Member State law, Member States may, as far as necessary for coherence and for making the national provisions comprehensible to the persons to whom they apply, incorporate elements of this Regulation into their national law.

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Text as at 19 September 2026.

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