{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-842/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2004/842",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (notified under document number C(2004) 4493) (Text with EEA relevance) (2004/842/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-842",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Subject matter",
  "text": "The purpose of this Decision is to lay down the rules whereby a Member State may grant an authorisation to place on the market:\n(a) seed of varieties of agricultural plant species for which an application for entry in the national catalogue, provided for in Article 1(2) of Directive 2002/53/EC, has been submitted to the Member State in question, subject to compliance with Chapter II of this Decision; or\n(b) seed of varieties of vegetable species for which an application for entry in a national catalogue, provided for in Article 3(3) of Directive 2002/55/EC, has been submitted in at least one Member State and for which specific technical information has been submitted, subject to compliance with Chapter III of this Decision.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/842/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:04.759561+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."
}