{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-53/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-53/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/53",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-53",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. This Directive concerns the acceptance for inclusion in a common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species of those varieties of beet, fodder plant, cereal, potato and oil and fibre plant the seed of which may be marketed under provisions of the Directives concerning respectively the marketing of beet seed (2002/54/EC), fodder plant seed (66/401/EEC), cereal seed (66/402/EEC), seed potatoes (2002/56/EC) and seed of oil and fibre plants (2002/57/EC).\n2. The common catalogue of varieties shall be compiled on the basis of the national catalogues of the Member States.\n3. This Directive shall not apply to varieties, the seed or propagating material of which are shown to be, intended for export to third countries.",
  "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/eudr/2002/53/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:56.444641+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."
}