{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-54/article-30a",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2002/54",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of beet seed",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-54",
  "path": "article/30a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 28(2), a Member State may, if it so requests, be wholly or partially released from the obligation to apply the provisions of this Directive, with the exception of Article 20, in so far the growing of beets and the marketing of beet seed are of minimal economic importance in its territory.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004 amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/54/article/30a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:56.361641+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."
}