2004/371/EC: Commission Decision of 20 April 2004 on conditions for the placing on the market of seed mixtures intended for use as fodder plants (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 1429)
Date: 2004-04-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: fodder plant, market approval, seed

22.4.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 116/39

on conditions for the placing on the market of seed mixtures intended for use as fodder plants

COMMISSION DECISION

of 20 April 2004

(notified under document number C(2004) 1429)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/371/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(d) maintain a register of seed mixtures intended for use as

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 the third subparagraph of Article 13(1) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Pursuant
to Directive 66/401/EEC, seed in mixtures
intended for use as fodder plants may be placed on the
market if, in addition to the provisions on sealing and
marking of the packages, the various components of the
mixture comply before mixing with the Community
marketing regulations applicable to them.

In order to ensure the free movement of seed mixtures
intended for use as fodder plants, conditions concerning
the production, the inspection of the production and the
labelling of such mixtures should be determined.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

This Decision provides for conditions for the production, the
inspection of the production and labelling of seed mixtures
intended for use as fodder plants, in addition to the conditions
set out in Directive 66/401/EEC.

fodder plants.

Article 3

Firms intending to produce seed mixtures shall declare to the
Authority referred to in point (A)(I)(c)(2) of Annex IV to Direc-
tive 66/401/EEC:

(a) the percentage composition by weight of

the various
components shown by species and, where appropriate, by
variety;

(b) the name of the mixture, where it is given for marking the

packages.

Article 4

The inspection of the production of the seed mixtures

1.
shall be carried out by the Authority referred to in Article 3.

2.

The inspection shall be carried out through:

(a) controls of the identity and total weight of each compo-
nent, at least by random checks of the official labels identi-
fying the packages of seed; and

(b) a random check of the mixing operation including the

finished mixtures.

Article 5

The detailed information concerning the use for
fodder
purposes shall be indicated on the official label and/or on a
suppliers label.

Article 6

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

The Member States shall require that firms producing seed
mixtures:

(a) have installed mixing equipment which will ensure the

Done at Brussels, 20 April 2004.

finished mixture is uniform;

(b) have appropriate procedures for all mixing operations;

(c) have a person in charge who has direct responsibility for

the mixing operation;

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).