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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-97/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudr/2009/97",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Directive 2009/97/EC of 3 August 2009 amending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-97",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Directive 2009/97/EC\nof 3 August 2009\namending Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directives 2002/53/EC and 2002/55/EC respectively, as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed, and in particular Article 7(2)(a) and (b) thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nCommission Directives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC were adopted to ensure that the varieties the Member States include in their national catalogues comply with the guidelines established by the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination of the various species and the minimum conditions for examining the varieties, as far as such guidelines had been established. For other varieties those Directives provide that guidelines of the International Union for Protection of new Varieties of Plants (UPOV) are to apply.\n(2)\nThe CPVO has since established further guidelines for a number of other species, and has updated existing ones.\n(3)\nAs regards Directive 2003/90/EC, guidelines have to be added for new species which have recently been included in the lists of species covered by Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC.\n(4)\nDirectives 2003/90/EC and 2003/91/EC should therefore be amended accordingly.\n(5)\nThe measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 11."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/97/introduction",
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  "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."
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