{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177/annex-VI",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177/annex-VI.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2020/177",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2020-177",
  "path": "annex/VI",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "VI",
  "heading": "Amendment of Annexes I and II to Directive 2002/55/EC",
  "text": "Directive 2002/55/EC is amended as follows:\n(1) in Annex I, point 5 is replaced by the following:\n5.. ‘The crop shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation material.\nThe crop shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests (“RNQPs”) provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.’.\n(2) Annex II is amended as follows:\n(a) point 2 is replaced by the following:\n2.. ‘Seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the propagation material.\nThe seed shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.’;\n(b) point 3(b) is replaced by the following:\n(b) ‘The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs) on vegetable seed shall, at least upon visual inspection, not exceed the respective thresholds set out in the following table:\nBacteria\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nGenus or species of vegetable seed\nThreshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed\nClavibacter michiganensis ssp. michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. [CORBMI]\nSolanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\nXanthomonas axonopodis pv. phaseoli (Smith) Vauterin et al. [XANTPH]\nPhaseolus vulgaris L.\n0 %\nXanthomonas euvesicatoria Jones et al. [XANTEU]\nCapsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\nXanthomonas fuscans subsp. fuscans Schaad et al. [XANTFF]\nPhaseolus vulgaris L.\n0 %\nXanthomonas gardneri (ex Šutič 1957) Jones et al [XANTGA]\nCapsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\nXanthomonas perforans Jones et al. [XANTPF]\nCapsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\nXanthomonas vesicatoria (ex Doidge) Vauterin et al. [XANTVE]\nCapsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\nInsects and mites\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nGenus or species of vegetable seed\nThreshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed\nAcanthoscelides obtectus (Say) [ACANOB]\nPhaseolus coccineus L., Phaseolus vulgaris L.\n0 %\nBruchus pisorum (Linnaeus) [BRCHPI]\nPisum sativum L.\n0 %\nBruchus rufimanus Boheman [BRCHRU]\nVicia faba L.\n0 %\nNematodes\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs\nGenus or species of vegetable seed\nThreshold for the presence of RNQPs on the vegetable seed\nDitylenchus dipsaci (Kuehn) Filipjev [DITYDI]\nAllium cepa L., Allium porrum L.\n0 %\nViruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas\nRNQPs or symptoms caused by the RNQPs\nGenus or species of the vegetable seed\nThreshold for the presence of the RNQPs on the vegetable seed\nPepino mosaic virus [PEPMV0]\nSolanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\nPotato spindle tuber viroid [PSTVD0]\nCapsicum annuum L., Solanum lycopersicum L.\n0 %\n’",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4)’."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2020/177/annex/VI",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:23.883940+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."
}