{"id":3343,"date":"2025-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/noticias\/attention-important-updates-in-the-classification-of-goods-and-services-under-the-nice-classification\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:31:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:31:01","slug":"attention-important-updates-in-the-classification-of-goods-and-services-under-the-nice-classification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abrilabogados.com\/en\/noticias\/attention-important-updates-in-the-classification-of-goods-and-services-under-the-nice-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention! 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