{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2130/annex-III/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2130/annex-III/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2019/2130",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2130 of 25 November 2019 establishing detailed rules on the operations to be carried out during and after documentary checks, identity checks and physical checks on animals and goods subject to official controls at border control posts (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-2130",
  "path": "annex/III/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Sampling of lots in a consignment shall include the identification of the appropriate independent unit for sampling. In the case of certain plants or plant products, the unit shall be identified as follows:",
  "text": "fruit in the botanical sense: 1 fruit,\ncut flower: 1 stem,\nfoliage, leafy vegetable: 1 leaf,\ntubers, bulbs, rhizomes: 1 tuber or bulb or rhizome,\nplants intended for planting: 1 plant,\nbranches: 1 branch,\nwood and bark: to be determined on a case by case basis, with the smallest piece weighing not less than 1 kg,\nseed: one seed.\nWhen the unit is not definable because of the size, shape or way of packaging, the smallest package unit shall be defined as the sampling unit.",
  "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/eur/2019/2130/annex/III/division/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:42:55.958532+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."
}