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European Union
Council Directive 2002/55/EC
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Council Directive 2002/55/EC

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Type: Directive · Council Directive 2002/55/EC
Adopted: 13 Jun 2002
In force: 9 Aug 2002
Text current to: 24 Dec 2024
Made by: Council of the European Union
Official: EUR-Lex 32002L0055 · ELI

Topics

agricultural production Community certification market gardening marketing seed Approximation of laws Plant reproductive material Seeds and seedlings

Contents

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History · 1 version

24 Dec 2024Reading
changed by Commission Directive 2006/124/EC

Species | Weight (in g)Allium cepa | 25Allium fistulosum | 15Allium porrum | 20Allium sativum | 20Allium schoenoprasum | 15Anthricus cerefolium | 20Apium graveolens | 5Asparagus officinalis | 100Beta vulgaris | 100Brassica oleracea | 25Brassica pekinensis | 20Brassica rapa | 20Capsicum annuum | 40Cichorium intybus (Witloof Chicory Group, Leaf Chicory Gro | 15Cichorium intybus (Industrial (Root) Chicory Group) | 50Cichorium endivia | 15Citrullus lanatus | 250Cucumis melo | 100Cucumis sativus | 25Cucurbita maxima | 250Cucurbita pepo | 150Cynara cardunculus | 50Daucus carota | 10Foeniculum vulgare | 25Lactuca sativa | 10Solanum lycopersicum L. | 20Petroselinum crispum | 10Phaseolus coccineus | 1000Phaseolus vulgaris | 700Pisum sativum | 500Raphanus sativus | 50Rheum rhabarbarum | 135Scorzonera hispanica | 30Solanum melongena | 20Spinacia oleracea | 75Valerianella locusta | 20Vicia faba | 1000Zea mays | 1000

Source: EUR-Lex, © European Union, 1998-2026. Reuse authorised under Decision 2011/833/EU.

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Amended by 1: Commission Directive 2006/124/EC
Repealed by 1: Commission Directive 2006/124/EC
Interpreted by the courts in 1: Association Kokopelli v Graines Baumaux SAS (C-59/11)
Cited by 14: Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072; Regulation (EU) 2016/2031; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/1110; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2025/2449; Decision 2003/175 provisions; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2025/1079; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/30104 provisions; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2024/2963; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2970; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2023/1438; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/1648; Council Directive 2008/72/EC (Codified version)3 provisions; Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2022/905; Società agricola Vivai Maiorana Ss and Others v European Commission (T-116/20)3 provisions