Commission Directive 2004/55/EC of 20 April 2004 amending Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: disclosure of information, fodder plant, marketing standard, seed

L 114/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

21.4.2004

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2004/55/EC

of 20 April 2004

amending Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June
1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), and in particu-
lar Article 2(1a) and 21a thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Directive 66/401/EEC contains a list of the genera and
species of plants which are considered as fodder plants
within the meaning of that Directive. That list includes
hybrids resulting from the crossing of meadow fescue
(Festuca pratensis Hudson) with Italian ryegrass (Lolium
multiflorum Lam).

The scope of Directive 66/401/EEC should be extended
to cover crossings of Festuca spp. with Lolium spp.

The abovementioned directive, within the conditions to
be satisfied by the seed, has established the minimum
germination ( % of pure seed) of seed of field bean (Vicia
faba L.).

The minimum germination of seed of field beans (Vicia
faba L.) currently achieved in the Community is lower
than that required by Directive 66/401/EEC.

Directive 66/401/EEC should therefore be amended
accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Directive are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on Seeds and Propagating Material
for Agriculture,
Horticulture and Forestry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:

1.

in point (a) of Part A of paragraph 1 of Article 2 the words
Hybrid resulting from the
‘Festuca pratensis Hudson x
crossing of meadow fescue
Lolium multiflorum Lam.
ryegrass
with
(including
Westerwold
ryegrass) (x Festulolium)’

Italian

are replaced by the words
‘Festuca spp. x Lolium spp.

Hybrids resulting from the
crossing of a species of the
genus Festuca with a species
of the genus Lolium (x Festu-
lolium)’

2. Annexes II and IV are amended as follows:

(a) in column 2 of the table in Section I.2.A of Annex II, in
the entry relating to Vicia faba, ‘85’ is replaced by ‘80’.
(b) in point I (a) 4 and (c) 4 of Section A of Annex IV the

following sentence is added:
‘In the case of x Festulolium the names of the species
within the genus Festuca and Lolium shall be indicated’

Article 2

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations
and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this
Directive by 30 September 2004 at the latest. They shall forth-
with communicate to the Commission the text of those provi-
sions and a correlation table between those provisions and this
Directive.

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

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

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66. Directive as last amended by Direc-

tive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).