{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-56/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-56/article-18.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/56",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-56",
  "path": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The conditions under which bred seed potatoes of generations prior to basic seed potatoes may be placed on the market under Article 4, shall be as follows:\n(a) they must have been produced in accordance with accepted practices for the maintenance of the variety and of health;\n(b) they must be intended mainly for the production of basic seed potatoes;\n(c) they must satisfy the minimum conditions to be established by the procedure referred to in Article 25(2) for pre-basic seed potatoes;\n(d) they must have been found by official examination to satisfy the minimum conditions referred to in (c);\n(e) they must be placed in packages or containers in accordance with this Directive; and\n(f) the packages or containers must bear an official label giving at least the following particulars:\ncertification authority and Member State or their distinguishing abbreviation,\nproducer's identification number or lot reference number,\nmonth and year of sealing,\nspecies, indicated at least in roman characters, under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names, or under its common name, or both,\nvariety, indicated at least in roman characters,\nthe description ‘pre-basic seed potatoes’.\nThe label shall be white with a diagonal violet line.",
  "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/2002/56/article/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:56.178926+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."
}