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Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes
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Article 1.This Directive shall apply to the production with a view...
Article 2.For the purposes of this Directive: ‘marketing’ means the sale,...
Article 3.(1) Member States shall provide that seed potatoes may not...
Article 4.Notwithstanding Article 3(1), Member States shall provide that bred seed...
Article 5.Member States may, as regards the minimum conditions laid down...
Article 6.(1) Notwithstanding Article 3(1), Member States may authorise producers in...
Article 7.Member States shall require that, for the examination of seed...
Article 8.(1) Member States may require that seed potatoes produced in...
Article 9.Member States shall provide that seed potatoes may not be...
Article 10.(1) Member States shall provide that seed potatoes may not...
Article 11.(1) Member States shall require that basic seed potatoes and...
Article 12.(1) Member States shall require that packages and containers of...
Article 13.(1) Member States shall require that packages and containers of...
Article 14.In accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25(2),...
Article 15.In the case of seed potatoes of a variety which...
Article 16.Member States shall require that any chemical treatment of basic...
Article 17.(1) Member States shall ensure that seed potatoes which are...
Article 18.The conditions under which bred seed potatoes of generations prior...
Article 19.For the purpose of seeking improved alternatives to certain provisions...
Article 20.(1) Community comparative tests and trials shall be carried out...
Article 21.(1) The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a...
Article 22.(1) In order to remove any temporary difficulties in the...
Article 23.(1) Member States shall ensure that official inspections are carried...
Article 24.Amendments to be made to the content of the Annexes...
Article 25.(1) The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee...
Article 26.Save as otherwise provided in Annexes I and II in...
Article 27.(1) Specific conditions may be established in accordance with the...
Article 28.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of...
Article 29.Directive 66/403/EEC, as amended by the acts set out in...
Article 30.This Directive shall enter into force the twentieth day following...
Article 31.This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
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