{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-57/article-18.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": "article/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The conditions under which bred seed of generations prior to basic seed may be placed on the market under the first indent of Article 4, shall be as follows:\n(a) it must have been officially inspected by the competent certification authority in accordance with the provisions applicable to the certification of basic seed;\n(b) it must be packed in accordance with this Directive; and\n(c) the packages must bear an official label giving at least the following particulars:\ncertification authority and Member State or their distinguishing abbreviation,\nlot reference number,\nmonth and year of sealing, or\nmonth and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification,\nspecies, indicated at least under its botanical name, which may be given in abridged form and without the authors' names, in roman characters,\nvariety, indicated at least in roman characters,\nthe description ‘pre-basic seed’,\nnumber of generations preceding seed of the categories ‘certified seed’, or ‘certified seed of the first generation’.\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/2002/57/article/18",
    "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."
}