Regulation (EEC) No 315/68 of the Council

of 12 March 1968

fixing quality standards for flowering bulbs, corms and tubers

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community;

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 234/68 [1] of 27 February 1968 on the establishment of a common organisation of the market in live trees and other plants, bulbs, roots and the like, cut flowers and ornamental foliage, and in particular Article 3 thereof;

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;

Whereas there is a substantial trade in flowering bulbs, corms and tubers both within the Community and between Member States and third countries; whereas the continuation and development of that pattern of trade calls for the fixing of common quality standards;

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Quality standards shall be fixed for bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, falling within sub-heading No 06.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff.

These quality standards are defined in the Annex.

Article 2

1. From 1 July 1968, if produce listed in Article 1 does not conform to the quality standards it may not:

- within the Community be displayed for sale, offered for sale, sold or delivered to the consumer for his personal needs by a trader or directly by a producer;

- be exported to a third country.

2. Member States may be authorised to take measures derogating from the provision of the second indent of paragraph 1 in respect of certain requirements of the quality standards in order to allow exporters to meet the trade requirements of certain third countries.

Such authorisation shall be granted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 234/68, and the conditions to which the authorisation may be subject shall be fixed in accordance with the same procedure.

3. Where, for products of the 1968 harvest, the application of this Regulation would cause difficulties and make derogations from certain requirements of the quality standards necessary, such derogations shall, at the request of a Member State, be adopted for the products in question and for such period as may be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EEC) No 234/68.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 12 March 1968.

For the Council

The President

E. Faure

[1] OJ No L 55, 2 3.1968, p. 1.

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ANNEX

COMMON QUALITY STANDARDS FOR FLOWERING BULBS

I. DEFINITION OF PRODUCE

These standards shall apply to bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and rhizomes, dormant, falling within sub-heading No 06.01 A of the Common Customs Tariff.

II. MINIMUM QUALITY REQUIREMENTS

The produce must be:

- genuine;

- sound;

- whole, virtually undamaged;

- clean;

- free from abnormal surface moisture;

- well-developed;

- virtually free from defects.

The produce must satisfy the legitimate requirements of consumers as regards growth and flowering.

III. SIZING

Minimum sizes and size gradings shall be as indicated below for the following products:

Notes:

A = Circumference: the dimensions shown are those of the largest circumference measured perpendicularly to the axis of the stem.

B = Screen: the dimensions shown are those of the screens used for sizing. The size grade shall be determined by the screen through which the bulb cannot pass and by the next larger screen.

C = Normal scale: sizes included in the same size grade shall be uniformly represented in a given lot.

D = Diameter: the dimensions shown are those of the largest diameter taken perpendicularly to the axis of the stem.

E = Weight.

F = Hand grading: bulbs visually size-graded.

No | Botanical description of the product | Method of grading (technical description; see notes) | Minimum size | Size gradings |

1 | Anemone coronaria | A, B, C | 4 cm | 4-5; 5-6; 6-7; 7-8; 8 and over |

2.0 | Begonia, not listed elsewhere | D | 3 cm | 3-4; 4-5; 5-6; 4-6; 6 and over |

2.1 | — tuberhybrida multiflora | D | 2·5 cm | 2·5-5; 5 and over |

2.2 | — tuberhybrida m. maxima | D | 2·5 cm | 2·5-3·5; 3·5-5; 5 and over |

2.3 | — x bertinii compacta | D | 2·5 cm | 2·5-3·5; 3·5-5; 5 and over |

2.4 | — boliviensis O. Lamarck | D | 2·5 cm | 2·5-3·5; 3·5-5; 5 and over |

2.5 | — x bertinii (Section Huszia) | D | 3 cm | 3-5; 5 and over |

2.6 | — x bertinii marginata | D | 3 cm | 3-5; 5 and over |

3.0 | Crocus (Spring flowering), not listed elsewhere | A, B | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

3.1 | — (species) not listed elsewhere | A, B | 5 cm | nil |

3.2 | — imperati | A, B | 4 cm | nil |

3.3 | — minimus | A, B | 4 cm | nil |

3.4 | — tomasianus | A, B | 4 cm | nil |

3.5 | — fleischeri | A, B | 3 cm | nil |

3.6 | — laevigatus | A, B | 3 cm | nil |

3.7 | — neapolitanus "Vanguard" (Syn. Cr. vernus) "Vanguard" | A, B | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9 and over |

3.8 | — kotschyanus (Syn. Cr. zonatus) | A, B | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9 and over |

3.9 | — sativus | A, B | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9 and over |

4.0 | Dahlia variabilis, excepting the types: | E | 40 g | nil |

— dahlia collerette | E | 25 g | nil |

— dahlia, dwarf, honeycombed | E | 25 g | nil |

— dahlia, dwarf, single | E | 25 g | nil |

— dahlia, dwarf, topmix | E | 25 g | nil |

5 | Freesia | A | 4 cm | 4-5; 5 and over |

6.0 | Gladioli, with large blooms | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14 and over |

6 1 | — primulinus | A, B, C | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-10; 10-12; 12 and over |

6.2 | — Heraud | A, B, C | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-10; 10-12; 12 and over |

6.3 | — Papillon | A, B, C | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-10; 10-12; 12 and over |

6.4 | — byzantinus | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8-10; 10-12; 12 and over |

6.5 | — communis | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8-10; 10-12; 12 and over |

6.6 | — x nanus | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8-10; 10-12; 12 and over |

6.7 | — colvilleix | A, B, C | 5 cm | |

7.0 | Hyacinthus orientalis | A, B, C | 14 cm | 14-15; 15-16; 16-17; 17-18; 18-19; 19 and over |

7.1 | — — "Rosalie" | A, B, C | 13 cm | 13-14; 14-15; 15-16; 16 and over |

7.2 | — — "Romanus" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10-11; 11-12; 12-13; 13-14; 14-15; 15-16; 16 and over |

7.3 | — — var. albulus | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10-11; 11-12; 12-13; 13-14; 14-15; 15-16; 16 and over |

8.1 | Iris "Wedgwood" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

8.2 | — "Prof. Blaauw" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

8.3 | — xiphioides (English) | A, B, C | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9 and over |

8.4 | — x hollandica, except the following varieties: | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8 and over |

8.5 | — — Ankara, Bronze Queen, Bronze Beauty, Early Bronze, Golden Bronze, Huchtenburg, Le Mogul, Yellow Queen | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

8.6 | — xiphium (Spanish) | A, B, C | 4 cm | 4-5; 5 and over |

8.7 | — danfordiae | A, B, C | 4·5 cm | 4·5-5; 5 and over |

8.8 | — reticulata | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-5·5; 5·5-6; 6 and over |

8.9 | — tingitana | A, B, C | 9 cm | 9-10; 10-11; 11 and over |

9.1 | Lilium speciosum | A | 17 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20, 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.2 | — henryi | A | 16 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.3 | — regale | A | 16 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.4 | — candidum | A | 16 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.5 | — croceum | A | 14 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.6 | — — cv. "Umbellarum" | A | 14 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.7 | — — davidii var. willmottiae (Syn. L. willmottiae) | A | 12 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.8 | — tigrinum | A | 10 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.9 | x tigrimex (Syn. L. Maxwill) | A | 10 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.10 | — formosanum | A | 8 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.11 | — (Syn. L. philippinense var. formosanum) | | | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

9.12 | — pumilum (Syn. L. tenuifolium) | A | 7 cm | 7-8; 8-9; 9-10; 10-12; 12-14; 14-16; 16-18; 17-18; 18-20; 20-22; 22-24; 24 and over |

10.0 | Narcissus, not listed elsewhere | F | | |

10.1 | — tazetta "Constantinople" | A | 13 cm | nil |

10.2 | — — "Gloriosa" | A | 13 cm | nil |

10.3 | — — "Grand Monarque" | A | 13 cm | nil |

10.4 | — — "d'or aureus" | A | 13 cm | nil |

10.5 | — — "Paperwhite" | A | 12 cm | nil |

10.6 | — — "Papyraceus" (Syn. N. taz. totus albus) | A | 10 cm | nil |

11 | Ranunculus | F | "Crowns" fleshy with at least 5 points | nil |

12 | Sinningia (Syn. Gloxinia) | D | 4 cm | 4-5; 5-6; 4-6; 6 and over |

13.0 | Tulipa with the exception of: | A, B, C | Screen 11 | 11-12; 12 and over |

13.1 | — tulips, early cottage | A, B, C | Screen 10 | 10-11; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.2 | — tulips, early floriferous | A, B, C | Screen 10 | 10-11; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.3 | — tulips, mottled colours Bizarres, Bijbloemen, Rembrandt, without the varieties: | A, B, C | Screen 10 | 11-10; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.4 | "Cordell Hull""American Flag", "Montgomery" | A, B, C | Screen 11 | 11-12; 12 and over |

13.5 | — Tulips "perroquet", Café Brun, Café Pourpre, Amiral de Constantinople, Crimson Beauty, Lutea major, Markgraaf van Baden, Perfects | A, B, C | Screen 9 | 9-10; 10-11; 12-12; 12 and over |

— tulips, botanical | A, B, C | Screen 10 | |

13.6 | Tulipa fosteriana | A, B, C | Screen 10 | 10-11; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.7 | — — "Rockery Beauty" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.8 | Tulipa kaufmanniana | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.9 | — — Alfred Cortot, Elliot, Gluck, Vivaldi | A, B, C | 9 cm | 9-10; 10-11; 11 and over |

13.10 | — — Bellini, Edwin Fischer, Fair Lady, Fritz Kreisler, Gaiety, Golden Sun, Goudstuk, Lady Rose, Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Solanus, Stresa, Sweelinck | A, B, C | Screen 8 | 8-9; 9-10; 10-11; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.11 | Tulipa kaufmanniana x greigii Hybrides | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.12 | Tulipa eichleri | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.13 | — — cv. "Excelsa" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.14 | Tulipa greigii | A, B, C | 10 cm | 10-11; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.15 | — praestans "Fusilier" | A, B, C | 10 cm | 10-11; 11-12; 12 and over |

13.16 | — — all other | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.17 | — — cv. "van Tubergens" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.18 | — — cv. "Zwanenburg" | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.19 | Tulipa acuminata | A, B, C | 8 cm | 8-9; 9-10; 10 and over |

13.20 | Tulipa celsiana (Syn. T. persica) | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8 and over |

13.21 | — marjoletti | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8 and over |

13.22 | — orphanidea | A, B, C | 6 cm | 6-7; 7-8; 8 and over |

13.23 | — florentina | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.24 | — hageri | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.25 | — — "Splendens" | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.26 | — Kolpakowskiana | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.27 | — preacox | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.28 | — silvestris "Major" | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.29 | — — var. taebris | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.30 | — tarda (Syn. T. dasystemon) | A, B, C | 5 cm | 5-6; 6-7; 7 and over |

13.31 | — chrysantha | A, B, C | 3 cm | 3-4; 4-5; 5 and over |

13.32 | — Tulips botanical, not listed elsewhere | A, B, C | 4 cm | 4-5; 5-6; 6 and over |

IV. SIZE TOLERANCES

For products for which minimum sizes and size grades are laid down, tolerances of up to 10% by weight or by number of bulbs shall be allowed per package for flowering bulbs the size of which exceeds or is less than the size grade indicated, except for shrinkage due to normal desiccation.

No tolerance shall be allowed in respect of sizes below the minimum sizes shown, except for shrinkage due to normal desiccation.

V. PACKAGING AND PRESENTATION

Each sale package may contain in unit packs (packets etc.) products of different varieties, species and types.

Each unit pack, however, may contain only products of the same species, of one or of several varieties, and the rules regarding sizes must be complied with.

VI. MARKING

A. PACKAGED PRODUCE

Packages shall bear the following particulars, legibly and indelibly marked:

I. Unit packs

(a) Identification

Packer or | Name and address or code mark; |

Vendor |

(b) Nature of produce

- type (genus);

- species;

- variety (cultivar) or colour (if the products are marketed according to variety or colour) or, if appropriate, the indication "Mixture";

(c) Origin of produce (optional)

Region of origin, or national regional, or local name;

(d) Commercial specifications

- number of items;

- size grading, indicated by showing the upper and lower limits for products to which such limits apply;

- preparatory treatment, if such treatment has been carried out;

(e) Official control stamp (optimal).

II. Sale packages containing unit packs

(a) Identification

Packer or | Name and address or code mark; |

Vendor |

(b) Nature of produce

"flowering bulbs".

B. PRODUCE PRESENTED FOR SALE IN BULK

If the product is presented for sale in bulk, the following particulars shall be displayed on a label or card for the information of buyers:

- type (genus);

- species;

- variety (cultivar) or colour (if the products are marketed according to variety or colour) or, if appropriate, the description "mixture";

- size grading, indicated by showing the upper and lower limits for products to which such limits apply.

C. PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR EXPORT TO THIRD COUNTRIES

The particulars provided for under A I and A II must be affixed to the packages. The exporter may, however, enter these particulars on the consignment note accompanying the goods, in which case a reference number shall be placed on each package.

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