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                              <gmx:Anchor xlink:href="https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2010/1089">COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services</gmx:Anchor>
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                                    <gmd:LocalisedCharacterString locale="#NL">Verordening (EU) n r. 1089/2010 van de Commissie van 23 november 2010 ter uitvoering van Richtlijn 2007/2/EG van het Europees Parlement en de Raad betreffende de interoperabiliteit van verzamelingen ruimtelijke gegevens en van diensten met betrekking tot ruimtelijke gegevens</gmd:LocalisedCharacterString>
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