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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-53/article-14",
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  "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/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that acceptance of a variety is revoked:\n(a) if it is proved, on examination, that the variety is no longer distinct, stable or sufficiently uniform;\n(b) if the person or persons responsible for the variety so request, unless there is maintenance of the variety.\n2. Member States may revoke the acceptance of a variety:\n(a) if the laws, regulations and administrative provisions adopted in pursuance of this Directive are not complied with;\n(b) if, at the time of the application for acceptance or during examination, false or fraudulent particulars were supplied concerning the factors on the basis of which acceptance was granted.",
  "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/14",
    "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."
}