{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17/annex-II/division-B/division-3/division-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17/annex-II/division-B/division-3/division-3.1.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/3/division/3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following official information shall be given:\na statement that the seed satisfies the conditions of the Seeds Marketing Regulations other than those relating to varietal identity and varietal purity: ... “GB rules and standards”,\na statement that the seed has been sampled and tested in accordance with current international methods: ‘Sampled and analysed in accordance with the provisions set out in the ISTA International Rules for Seed Testing with regard to Orange International Seed Lot Certificates by …, (name or member code of the ISTA seed testing station)’,\ndate of official closing,\nwhere seed lots have been ‘relabelled and refastened’ within the meaning of the OECD schemes, also a statement that this operation took place, the most recent date of reclosing and the Authorities responsible therefore,\ncountry of production,\ndeclared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds or, in the case of beet seed, clusters, and\nwhere weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of pure seed and the total weight.\nThis information may be given either on the OECD label or on an additional official label which shall give the name of the service and the country. Any suppliers' labels shall be drawn up in such a manner that they cannot be confused with the additional official label.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 para. B point 3.1 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)(iv)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 para. B point 3.1 omitted (15.4.2021) by virtue of The Vegetable and Ornamental Plant Propagating Material and Fodder Plant Seed (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/393), regs. 1(1), 6(5)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in Annex 2 para. B point 3.1 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)(iv)(bb) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 30(3)(d)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "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."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/17/annex/II/division/B/division/3/division/3.1",
    "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."
}