Council Directive 2002/68/EC of 19 July 2002 amending Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants
Date: 2002-07-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: labelling, marketing standard, oleaginous plant, seed, textile plant

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Official Journal of the European Communities

24.7.2002

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2002/68/EC

of 19 July 2002

amending Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Commu-
nity, and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

2.

in Article 12(1)(a), the following sentence shall be inserted
after the second sentence:

‘In the case of certified seed of a varietal association, the
label shall be blue with a diagonal green line;’

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (1),

3. the following Article shall be inserted:

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee (2),

‘Article 19a

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Varietal associations of oil and fibre plants species should
be included in the scope of Directive 2002/57/EC (3).
The conditions to be satisfied by the varietal associations,
label required for
including the colour of the official
packages of certified seed of varietal associations, should
also be defined.

Owing to their increased importance in the Community,
seed of hybrid varieties of oil and fibre plant species
additional to sunflower should also be included in the
scope of certain definitions of Directive 2002/57/EC.

Directive 2002/57/EC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

Owing to the increased importance in the Community of
such seed, the Commission adopted Decision 95/232/
EC (4) with the aim of establishing the conditions to be
satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations
of swede rape and turnip rape. That Decision expired on
30 June 2002. It is therefore appropriate to keep the
Community conditions concerning the marketing of
those seeds pending the application of the new provi-
sions,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 2002/57/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

in Article 2, the following paragraph shall be inserted:

‘3a.
Amendments to be made to paragraph 1(c) and (d)
for the purpose of including hybrids of oil and fibre plants
other than sunflower within the scope of this Directive shall
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 25(2);’

(1) Opinion delivered on 2 July 2002 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(2) Opinion delivered on 17 July 2002 (not yet published in the Official

Journal).

(3) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74.
(4) OJ L 154, 5.7.1995, p. 22. Decision as last amended by Decision

2001/18/EC (OJ L 4, 9.1.2001, p. 36).

1. Member States shall permit seed of species of oil and
fibre plants to be marketed in the form of a varietal associa-
tion.

2.

For purposes of paragraph 1:

(a) “varietal association” means an association of certified
seed of a specified pollinator-dependant hybrid officially
admitted under Directive 2002/53/EC with certified seed
of one or more specified pollinator(s), similarly admitted,
and mechanically combined in proportions jointly deter-
mined by the persons responsible for the maintenance
of these components, such combination having been
notified to the certification authority;

(b) “pollinator-dependant hybrid” means the male-sterile
(female

component within the “varietal association”
component);

(c) “pollinator(s)” means the component shedding pollen
within the “varietal association” (male component).

The seed of the female and male components shall be

3.
dressed using seed dressings of different colours.’

Article 2

In Article 5(5) of Decision 95/232/CE the date ‘30 June 2002’
shall be replaced by ‘30 June 2003’.

Article 3

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive no later than 30 June 2003. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain
a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such
reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such reference shall be laid down by the
Member States.

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2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt
in the field governed by this Directive.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 5

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 19 July 2002.

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

Article 2 shall apply from 1 July 2002.

For the Council

The President

T. PEDERSEN