{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98/annex-IV/division-6/division-a/division-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98/annex-IV/division-6/division-a/division-1.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/98",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU of 15 October 2014 implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards specific requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I thereto, specific requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concerning official inspections",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-98",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/6/division/a/division/1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Visual inspection",
  "text": "Visual inspections shall be carried out twice a year during the growing season. The foliage of Fragaria L. shall be visually inspected concerning the presence of Phytophthora fragariae C.J. Hickman.\nFor propagating material and fruit plants produced by micropropagation, and which are maintained for a period shorter than three months, only one visual inspection during this period is necessary.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material (Text with EEA relevance)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/98/annex/IV/division/6/division/a/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:40.967038+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."
}