{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-20/annex-II/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-20/annex-II/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/20",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU of 6 February 2014 determining Union grades of basic and certified seed potatoes, and the conditions and designations applicable to such grades (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-20",
  "path": "annex/II/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "(2)",
  "heading": "The conditions for certified seed potatoes of ‘Union grade B’ shall be as follows:",
  "text": "(a) conditions concerning seed potatoes:\n(i) the number of plants not breeding true to the variety and the number of plants of a different variety shall, together, not exceed 0,5 %;\n(ii) the number of growing plants affected by blackleg shall not exceed 4,0 %;\n(iii) in the direct progeny the number of plants with symptoms of virus infection shall not exceed 10,0 %;\n(iv) the number of growing plants with mosaic symptoms or symptoms caused by leaf roll virus shall not exceed 6,0 %;\n(b) tolerances applicable to lots, as regards the following impurities, blemishes and diseases:\n(i) seed potatoes affected by rots, other than ring rot or brown rot, shall not exceed 0,5 % by mass, of which seed potatoes affected by wet rot shall not exceed 0,2 % by mass;\n(ii) seed potatoes affected by black scurf over more than 10 % of their surface shall not exceed 5,0 % by mass;\n(iii) seed potatoes affected by common scab over more than one third of their surface shall not exceed 5,0 % by mass;\n(iv) seed potatoes affected by powdery scab over more than 10 % of their surface shall not exceed 3,0 % by mass;\n(v) shrivelled tubers due to excessive dehydration or dehydration caused by silver scurf shall not exceed 1,0 % by mass;\n(vi) seed potatoes with external blemishes, including misshapen or damaged tubers, shall not exceed 3,0 % by mass;\n(vii) presence of earth and extraneous matter shall not exceed 2,0 % by mass;\n(viii) the total percentage of seed potatoes covered by tolerances, as referred to in points (i) to (vi), shall not exceed 8,0 % by mass.",
  "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/2014/20/annex/II/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:49.770385+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."
}