Commission Directive 1999/66/EC of 28 June 1999 setting out requirements as to the label or other document made out by the supplier pursuant to Council Directive 98/56/EC
Date: 1999-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: horticulture, labelling, plant health control, supervisory body, supplier, transport document

L 164/76

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Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 6. 1999

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/66/EC

of 28 June 1999

setting out requirements as to the label or other document made out by the
supplier pursuant to Council Directive 98/56/EC

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July
1998 on the marketing of propagating material of orna-
mental plants (1), and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,

(1) Whereas the label or other documents should give
the particulars needed both for official control and
for the information of the grower;

(2) Whereas

in the case where the propagating
material is accompagnied by a plant passport under
the Community Plant Health System the plant
passport may constitute on certain conditions the
label or other document made up by the supplier;

(3) Whereas

in this
the measures provided for
Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee on Propagating Material for
Ornamental Plants,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

This Directive establishes the requirements as to the
labels or other document made up by the supplier of
propagating material of ornamental plants referred to in
Article 8 of Directive 98/56/EC.

Article 2

The suppliers’

1.
label or document referred to in
Article 1 shall be of suitable material which has not
previously been used and shall be printed in at least one
of
the Community. It shall
languages of
contain the following information headings:

the official

(iv) registration number;
(v) individual serial, week or batch number;
(vi) botanical name;
(vii) denomination of the variety, where appropriate. In
the case of rootstock: denomination of the variety or
its designation;

(viii) denomination of the group of plants, where appro-

priate;
(ix) quantity;
(x) in the case of imports from third countries pursuant
to Article 11(2) of Directive 98/56/EC, the name of
the country of production.

In the case where the propagating material

is
2.
accompanied by a plant passport
in accordance with
Commission Directive 92/105/EEC (2) the plant passport
may constitute the suppliers’ label or document referred
to in paragraph 1. Nonetheless, the indication ‘EC qual-
ity' and an indication as to the responsible official body
under Directive 98/56/EC must be given and, where
appropriate, a reference to the denomination of
the
variety, rootstock or group of plants. In the case of
imports from third countries pursuant to Article 11(2) of
Directive 98/56/EC, the name of the country of produc-
tion must also be given. This information may be on the
same document
the plant passport but clearly
separated.

as

Article 3

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive on 31 December 1999. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall
contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied
by such reference on the occasion of their official publi-
cation. Member States shall determine how such a refer-
ence is to be made.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
text of the main provisions of domestic law they adopt in
the field covered by this Directive.

(i) indication ‘EC quality';

(ii) indication of EC Member State code;

(iii) indication of responsible official body or its distin-

guishing code;

Article 4

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

(1) OJ L 226, 13.8.1998, p. 16.

(2) OJ L 4, 8.1.1993, p. 22.

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This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission