{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-842/article-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-842/article-26.json",
  "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/26",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Supplier",
  "text": "The persons responsible for affixing the label or printing or stamping notice on the packages shall:\n(a) inform the Member State of the dates when their activities begin and end;\n(b) keep records of all lots of seed and make them available to the Member States for not less than three years;\n(c) draw samples from each lot intended for marketing and make them available to Member States for not less than two years.\nThe operations referred to in points (b) and (c) shall be subject to official checks carried out on a random basis.",
  "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/26",
    "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."
}