Commission Directive 2007/72/EC of 13 December 2007 amending Council Directive 66/401/EEC as regards the inclusion of the species Galega orientalis Lam. (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-12-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: animal feedingstuffs, fodder plant, marketing standard, product quality, seed

14.12.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 329/37

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2007/72/EC

of 13 December 2007

amending Council Directive 66/401/EEC as

regards
orientalis Lam.

the inclusion of

the species Galega

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

2.

the following entry is inserted between
in Article 3(1),
‘Festuca rubra L. x Festulolium’ and ‘Lolium multiflorum Lam.’:

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

‘Galega orientalis Lam. fodder galega’;

Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June
seed (1), and in
1966 on the marketing of
particular Article 2(1a) thereof,

fodder plant

3. Annexes II and III are amended as set out in the Annex to

this Directive.

Whereas

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Galega orientalis Lam. is a fodder plant largely grown in
certain Member States and plays a significant role in
improving the quality of feed for farm animals.

That species is currently not covered by uniform rules on
seed certification under Directive 66/401/EEC and
therefore the relevant seed cannot benefit from free circu-
lation.

Since it meets all relevant conditions for certification, the
species Galega orientalis Lam. should therefore be included
in the list in Directive 66/401/EEC.

in this Directive are in
The measures provided for
accordance with
Standing
the
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agri-
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,

opinion

the

of

Article 2

Transposition

Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
to comply with this
administrative provisions necessary
the latest. They shall
Directive by 31 December 2008 at
forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those
provisions 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
reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member
States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

Article 3

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 4

Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:

Article 1

1.

in Article 2(1)(A)(b), the following entry is inserted between
the heading ‘Leguminosae’ and ‘Hedysarum coronarium L.
Sulla’:

‘Galega orientalis Lam. fodder galega’;

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 December 2007.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

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

Directive 2004/117/EC (OJ L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18).

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(b) in the table in point 2.A of Section II

‘LEGUMINOSAE’ and ‘Hedysarum coronarium’:

‘BASIC SEED’,

the following line is inserted between the heading

Maximum content of seeds of other plant species

Content by number in a sample of the weight specified in column 4
of Annex III
(total per column)

Other
standards or
conditions

Species

Total
(% by
weight)

A single
species

Rumex spp.
other than
Rumex
acetosella
and Rumex
maritimus

Agropyron
repens

Alopecurus
myosuroides

Melilotus
spp.

1

‘Galega orientalis Lam.

2

0,3

3

20

4

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(e)

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(j)’

2.

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coronarium’:

in the table the following line is inserted between the heading ‘LEGUMINOSAE’ and ‘Hedysarum

Species

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‘Galega orientalis Lam.

Maximum weight of a lot
(tonnes)

Minimum weight of a sample
to be drawn from a lot
(grams)

Weight of the sample for the
determinations by number
provided for in columns 12
to 14 of Annex II (I) (2) (A)
and columns 3 to 7 of
Annex II (II) (2) (A)
(grams)

2

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3

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4

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