NoL106/12 20.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COUNCILDECISION
of26March1973
ontheequivalenceofseedproducedinDenmark,IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom
(73/84/EEC)
WhereasthepurposeofthisDecisionistoamend
asregardsthesaidMemberStatesthefirstCouncil
Decisionof20July1972(6)ontheequivalenceof
seedproducedinthirdcountries;
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuro­
peanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof14June
1966(1)onthemarketingofbeetseed,aslast
amendedbytheDirectiveof6December1972(2),
andinparticularArticle16(1)(b)and(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof14June
1966(3)onthemarketingoffodderplantseed,as
lastamendedbytheDirectiveof6December1972(2)
andinparticularArticle16(1)(b)and(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof14June
1966(4)onthemarketingofcerealseed,aslast
amendedbytheDirectiveof6December1972(2),
andinparticularArticle16(1)(b)and(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof30June
1969(5)onthemarketingofseedofoilandfibre
plants,aslastamendedbytheDirectiveof6De­
cember1972(2),andinparticularArticles15(1)(b)
and(3)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommis­
sion;Itisherebydeclaredthat,wherethespecialcondi­
tionslaiddownintheAnnextothisDecisionare
satisfied,seedharvestedinDenmark,Irelandandthe
UnitedKingdomandofficiallycontrolledbythe
authoritieslistedintheAnnexandbelongingtothe
speciesandcategoriesspecifiedthereinisequivalent
toseedofthecorresponding categoriesharvested
withintheCommunityasoriginallyconstitutedand
complyingwiththeCouncilDirectivesof14June
1966onthemarketingofbeetseed,fodderplant
seedandcerealseed,andoftheCouncilDirective
of30June1969onthemarketingofseedofoil
andfibreplants.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyfrom1January1973
untilthedateonwhichtheMemberStatesareto
bringintoforcethelaws,regulationsandadmini­
strativeprovisionsnecessaryforcompliancewiththe
DirectivesreferredtoinArticle1.
Article3
TheitemswhichconcerntheMemberStatesreferred
toinArticle1,listedinpoints1,3and19ofthe
AnnextothefirstCouncilDecisionof20July1972
ontheequivalenceofseedsproducedinthirdcoun­
triesshallberepealedwitheffectfrom1January
1973.WhereastherearerulesonseedcontrolinDenmark,
IrelandandtheUnitedKingdom;
Whereasthoserulesandthemannerinwhichthey
areappliedhavebeenexaminedandthisexamina­
tionhasestablishedthattheconditionsgoverning
seedharvestedandcontrolledinthoseMember
Statesasregardsitscharacteristics ,examination ,
identity,markingandcontrol,affordthesame
assurancesastheconditionsapplicabletoseedhar­
vestedandcontrolledwithintheCommunity as
originallyconstituted ;Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,26March1973.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
A.LAVENSi1)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2290/66.
(2)OJNoL287,26.12.1972,p.22.
(3)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2298/66.
(4)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2309/66.
(5)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.3. (6)OJNoL186,16.8.1972,p.30.

20.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL106/13
ANNEX
Categories
Ref
NoCountry Authority SpeciesSpecial
ConditionsintheCountry intheCommunity
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1Denmark —Beet Basicseed.
Certifiedseed
Basicseed
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
Certifiedseed,Grassandlegume
speciessubjectto
nationalruleson
varietalcontrolBasicseed
Certifiedseed
Basicseed
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
Certifiedseed,
2ndandlater
generationssubsequent
generations
Swedecabbage,fodder
kale,fodderradishStamfrø
Brugsfrø1,3,5,7,8,9
1,3,5,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9Landbrugsministe ­
rietscertifikatudvalg
forKornogFrøCereals,exceptcanary
grass,maizeandriceBasicseed
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
Certifiedseed,
2ndgeneration
(exceptrye)Basicseed
Certifiedseed
Basicseed
Certifiedseed,
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
Certifiedseed;
2ndgeneration
(exceptrye)
Basicseed
Certifiedseed;
Certifiedseed,
1stgenerationOilandfibreplants
(turniprape,Swede
rape,mustards)Stamfrø
Brugsfrø
2Ireland Grassandlegume
speciessubjectto
nationalruleson
varietalcontrol—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
Certifiedseed,
2ndandlater
generations
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9Departmentof
Agricultureand
Fisheries—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—Certifiedseed,
subsequent
generations
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed;
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—Certifiedseed,
2ndgeneration
(exceptrye)Cereals,exceptcanary
grass,maizeandrice
Certifiedseed,
2ndgeneration
(exceptrye)

NoL106/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 20.4.73
Categories
Ref
NoCountry [Authority Species
intheCountry intheCommunitySpecial
Conditions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
3United
Kingdom
NationalInstitute
ofAgricultural
Botany,-Cambridge
—NationalInsti­
tuteofAgricul­
turalBotany,
Cambridge
—Departmentof
Agriculturefor
Scotland
—MinistryofAgri­
cultureforNor­
thernIreland—Beet
—Swedecabbage,fodder
kale,fodderradish
—Oilandfibreplants
(turniprape,swede
rape,mustard)
—Grassandlegume
speciessubjectto
nationalruleson
varietalcontrol
—-Cereals,exceptcanary
grass,maizeandrice—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—Certifiedseed,
2ndandlater
generations
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—Certifiedseed,
2ndgeneration
(exceptrye)—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
-—Certifiedseed;
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—•Certifiedseed,
subsequent
generations
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed;
Certifiedseed,
1stgeneration
—Certifiedseed,
2ndgeneration
(exceptrye)1,3,5,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
2,3,6,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9
1,3,4,7,8,9

20.4.73 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL106/15
SPECIALCONDITIONS
1.Seedshallbeofficiallycertifiedanditspackagesofficiallysealedandmarkedinaccordance
withtheschemeoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment (OECD)
forthevarietalcertificationofseedmovingininternationaltrade.Thequalityoftheseed
shallmeettherequirementsofCommunityrules.
2.Seedshallbeofficiallycertifiedanditspackagesofficiallysealedandmarkedinaccord­
ancewithnationalprovisions .Thequalityoftheseedshallmeettherequirementsof
Communityrules.
3.FieldinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyStateauthoritiesorbyanylegalpersonwhether
governedbypublicorbyprivatelawactingundertheresponsibility ofsuchauthorities,
providedthatsuchpersonderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection.
4.Theofficiallabelshallgivethefollowingadditionalinformation :
(a)dateofofficialsealing;
(b)astatementthattheseedcomplieswithEECrulesandstandards.
Thisinformationmayalsoappearonanotherofficiallabelwhich,inaddition,shallgive
thenameoftheauthorityandofthecountry.
5.Theofficiallabelshallalsogivethedateofofficialsealing.
Thisdatemayalsoappearonanotherofficiallabelwhich,inaddition,shallindicatethe
nameoftheauthorityanciofthecountry.
6.Theofficiallabelshallgivethefollowingminimuminformation :
(a)certificationauthorityandcountry;
(b)astatementthattheseedcomplieswithEECrulesandstandards;
(c)referencenumberofthelot;
(d)species;
(e)varietiesorforhybrids,inbredline;
(f)category(basicseedorcertifiedseed);
(g)countryofproduction ;
(h)declarednetorgrossweight;
(i)dateofofficialsealing;
(j)inthecaseofcertifiedseedofthesecondandsubsequentgenerations ,numberof
generationfrombasicseed;
(k)inthecaseofhybridvarieties,theword'hybrid'.
Thecolourofthelabelshallbe:
—whiteforbasicseed;
—blueforcertifiedseedandcertifiedseedofthefirstgeneration;
—redforcertifiedseedofsubsequentgenerations .
7.Anychemicaltreatmentoftheseedshallbenotedeitherontheofficiallabelorona
speciallabelandonthecontainerorinsideit.
8.Anofficialnoticeplacedinsidethepackageshallgiveatleastthereferencenumberofthe
lot,thespeciesandthevariety;inthecaseofbeetseeditshallalsobestated,where
appropriate ,whethertheseedismonogermorprecisionseed.
9.Allinformationrequiredforofficiallabels,officialnoticesandpackagesshallbegivenin
atleastoneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheEuropeanCommunities .