{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-55/annex-III/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-55/annex-III/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/55",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-55",
  "path": "annex/III/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Minimum weight of a sample\nSpecies\nWeight (in g)\nAllium cepa\n25\nAllium fistulosum\n15\nAllium porrum\n20\nAllium sativum\n20\nAllium schoenoprasum\n15\nAnthricus cerefolium\n20\nApium graveolens\n5\nAsparagus officinalis\n100\nBeta vulgaris\n100\nBrassica oleracea\n25\nBrassica rapa\n20\nCapsicum annuum\n40\nCichorium intybus (Witloof Chicory Group, Leaf Chicory Gro\n15\nCichorium intybus (Industrial (Root) Chicory Group)\n50\nCichorium endivia\n15\nCitrullus lanatus\n250\nCucumis melo\n100\nCucumis sativus\n25\nCucurbita maxima\n250\nCucurbita pepo\n150\nCynara cardunculus\n50\nDaucus carota\n10\nFoeniculum vulgare\n25\nLactuca sativa\n10\nSolanum lycopersicum L.\n20\nPetroselinum crispum\n10\nPhaseolus coccineus\n1 000\nPhaseolus vulgaris\n700\nPisum sativum\n500\nRaphanus sativus\n50\nRheum rhabarbarum\n135\nScorzonera hispanica\n30\nSolanum melongena\n20\nSpinacia oleracea\n75\nValerianella locusta\n20\nVicia faba\n1 000\nZea mays\n1 000\nIn the case of F-1 hybrid varieties of the above species, the minimum weight of the sample may be decreased to a quarter of the specified weight. However the sample must have a weight of at least 5 g and consist of at least 400 seeds.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Deleted by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC of 5 December 2006 amending Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material other than seed and Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive 2013/45/EU of 7 August 2013 amending Council Directives 2002/55/EC and 2008/72/EC and Commission Directive 2009/145/EC as regards the botanical name of tomato (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/55/annex/III/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:56.263503+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."
}