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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of2June1987
authorizingtheindelibleprintingofprescribedinformationonpackagesofseedofcertainfodder
plantspecies
(87/309/EEC)
(OJ L 155, 16.6.1987, p. 26)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 88/493/EEC of 8 September 1988 L 261 27 21.9.1988
►M2Commission Decision 97/125/EC of 24 January 1997 L 48 35 19.2.1997
▼B
COMMISSIONDECISION
of2June1987
authorizing the indelible printing of prescribed information on
packagesofseedofcertain fodderplantspecies
(87/309/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on
the marketing of fodder plant seed(1), as last amended by Commission
Directive 87/120/EEC(2), and in particular the last sentence of Article
10 (1) (a) thereof,
Whereasfodder plants eed may not normally be placed on the market
unless its packages are labelled with an official label in accordance
with the provisions laid down in Directive 66/401/EEC;
Whereas, in repect of cereal seed, Commission Decision 80/755/
EEC(3) authorized the indelible printing of the prescribed information
on the package itself, on the basis of the model laid down for the label,
under certain conditions which ensured that responsibility rested with
the certification authority;
Whereas that system has proved to be useful;
Whereas it is now desirable to grant a similar authorization, under the
same conditions, in respect of field pea and field bean;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seedsand Propagating
Material for Agricultural, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
1. The Member Statesare hereby authorized, under the conditions
laid down in paragraph 2, to provide for the printing under officialsupervision of the prescribed information on packages of ►
M2seed
of fodder plant species ◄of the categories ‘basic seed’ and ‘certified
seed’.
2. The following conditions shall apply in respect of the authoriza-
tion granted in paragraph 1:
(a) the prescribed information shall be printed or stamped indelibly on
the package;
(b) the lay-out and the colour of the printing or the stamp shall be in
accordance with the model for the label used in the Member Stateconcerned;
(c) of the prescribed information, at least that required under
►
M1Annex IV, Part A, point I (a) (3) and (3a) ◄to Directive
66/401/EEC shall be printed or stamped when samples are taken
pursuant to Article 7 (2) of the Directive, the printing or stamping
being done officially or under official supervision;
(d) in addition to the prescribed information, each package shall have
an officially attributed individual serial number which shall havebeen printed or stamped indelibly on it by the package printingfirm; that firm shall inform the certification authority of the quan-tities of packages issued, including their serial numbers;1987D0309 — EN — 27.01.1997 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 49, 18. 2. 1987, p. 39.
(3) OJ No L 207, 9. 8. 1980, p. 37.
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(e) the certification authority shall keep records of the quantities of
seed thus marked, including the number and contents of thepackagesof each lot, aswell asthe s erial numbersreferred to
under (d);
(f) producers' records shall be subject to supervision by the certifica-
tion authority.
Article 2
The Member States shall notify the Commission of the conditions
under which they make use of the authorization granted in Article 1.The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1987D0309 — EN — 27.01.1997 — 002.001 — 3