{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-217/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-217/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/217",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 217/2006 of 8 February 2006 laying down rules for the application of Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the authorisation of Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not satisfying the requirements in respect of the minimum germination (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-217",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Subject to the conditions set out in this Regulation, the responsible authorities shall allow suppliers to place on the market seed authorised in accordance with Article 3. They may require suppliers to seek permission in advance, which may be refused if:\n(a) there is sufficient evidence to doubt whether the supplier is able to place on the market the amount of seed for which he has sought permission; or\n(b) the total quantity for which the supplier seeks permission pursuant to the derogation concerned would exhaust the maximum quantity authorised ... under Article 2.\n2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(7)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(7)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Art. 5(2)(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Marketing of Seeds and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/162), regs. 1(2)(b), 4(7)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2006/217/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:53:55.767012+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."
}