{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/annex-II/division-I/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/annex-II/division-I/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2002/57",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57",
  "path": "annex/II/division/I/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In the case of hybrids of Brassica napus produced using male sterility the seed shall conform with the conditions and standards set out in points (a) to (d).\n(a) The seed shall have sufficient identity and purity as regards the varietal characteristics of its components, including male sterility or restoration of fertility;\n(b) The minimum varietal purity of the seed shall be:\nbasic seed, female component: 99,0 %,\nbasic seed, male component: 99,9 %,\ncertified seed of winter swede rape varieties: 90,0 %,\ncertified seed of spring swede rape varieties: 85,0 %;\n(c) Seed shall not be certified as certified seed unless due account has been taken of the results of official post-control plot tests on samples of basic seed taken officially and carried out during the growing season of the seed entered for certification as certified seed to ascertain whether the basic seed has met the requirements for basic seed laid down in respect of identity as regards the characteristics of the components, including male sterility, and the standards for basic seed laid down in respect of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b).\nIn the case of basic seed of hybrids, the varietal purity may be assessed by appropriate biochemical methods;\n(d) The compliance with the standards of the minimum varietal purity laid down in point (b) in respect of certified seed of hybrids shall be monitored by official post-control tests on an appropriate proportion of samples taken officially. Appropriate biochemical methods may be utilised.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/11 of 5 January 2016 amending Annex II to Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/57/annex/II/division/I/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:56.090987+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."
}