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 "title": "Second-hand garments and the passport: why stock already on the market will never carry one",
 "description": "A garment already on the market will not acquire a product passport. Why second-hand goods are not exempt as a class, and where the carve-out is written.",
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 "direct_answer": "A garment already on the market will not acquire a passport. Not because second-hand goods are exempt as a class, but because the condition attaches to an act that has already happened to that garment and cannot happen to it again.",
 "last_verified": "2026-08-28",
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 "datePublished": "2026-08-28",
 "dateModified": "2026-08-28",
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