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<p>An EU regulation is adopted by a legislative procedure, i.e. by the ordinary legislative
procedure or by a special legislative procedure, (see Article 289(3) of the Treaty
on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU)). The legal effect of an EU regulation
is that it is directly applicable in the national law of all the Member States and
it is binding in its entirety, (see Article 288 TFEU). The Government does not centrally
hold information on each EU regulation issued since 1976. The Eur-Lex database, available
at: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html holds further information on EU legislation.</p><p>A
copy of Articles 288 and 289 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
(TFEU) is attached.</p>
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