{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-V/division-A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402/annex-V/division-A.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1966/402",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (66/402/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1966-402",
  "path": "annex/V/division/A",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "A",
  "heading": "Information required for the label",
  "text": "authority responsible for field inspection and Member State or their initials,\nofficially assigned serial number,\nspecies, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authorities' names, in roman characters,\nvariety, indicated at least in roman characters; in the case of varieties (inbred lines, hybrids), which are intended solely as components for hybrid varieties, the word ‘ component ’ shall be added,\ncategory,\nin the case of hybrid varieties the word ‘ hybrid ’ ,\ndeclared net or gross weight,\nthe words ‘ seed not finally certified ’ .\nIn accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, Member States may be released from the requirement to indicate the botanical name in respect of individual species and, where appropriate, for limited periods where it has been established that the disadvantages of its implementation outweigh the advantages expected for the marketing of seed.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Directive of 13 June 1988 amending Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (88/380/EEC)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the official label of seed packages (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1966/402/annex/V/division/A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:55.103697+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."
}