{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-56/article-23",
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  "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/23",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that official inspections are carried out in relation to the marketing of seed potatoes, at least by random checks, to verify compliance with the requirements and conditions of this Directive.\n2. Without prejudice to the free movement of seed potatoes within the Community, Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that they are supplied with the following particulars during the marketing of quantities exceeding two kilograms of seed potatoes imported from third countries:\n(a) species,\n(b) variety;\n(c) category;\n(d) country of production and control authority;\n(e) country of dispatch;\n(f) importer;\n(g) quantity of seed potatoes.\nThe manner in which these particulars must be presented may be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 25(2).",
  "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/23",
    "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."
}