{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17/annex-II/division-B/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17/annex-II/division-B/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/17/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17",
  "path": "annex/II/division/B/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Seed shall be officially certified and its packages officially closed and marked in accordance with national rules for the application of the OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade as follows; the seed lots shall be accompanied by the certificates required under those OECD schemes:\nsugar beet and fodder beet seed, in the case of Beta vulgaris referred to in Directive 2002/54/EC,\ngrass and legume seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/401/EEC,\ncrucifer seed and other oil or fibre species seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directives 66/401/EEC and 2002/57/EC,\ncereal seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC, other than Zea mays and Sorghum spp.,\nmaize and sorghum seed, in the case of Zea mays and Sorghum spp. referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC,\nvegetable seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 2002/55/EC.\nMoreover, seed shall satisfy the conditions of the Seeds Marketing Regulations other than those relating to varietal identity and varietal purity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 para. B point 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 6(6)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/17/annex/II/division/B/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:26.145075+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}