CELEX: 31972D0293
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-20 00:00:00
Title: 72/293/EEC: First Council Decision of 20 July 1972 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    875
 No L 186/30                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                16.8.72
                                                FIRST COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 20 July 1972
                                   on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries
                                                        (72/293/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         and for control afford the same assurances as seed
                                                                  harvested and controlled within the Community ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;                                      Whereas, if it becomes apparent that the conditions
                                                                  on which Community determinations are based are
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                 not or are no longer satisfied, those determinations
 19661 on the marketing of beet seed, as last amended             will be revoked or the period of their validity will not
by the Council Directive of 30 March 1971,2 and in                be extended ;
particular Article 16 ( 1 ) (b) thereof;
                                                                  Whereas further practical information on seed
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                 produced in the abovementioned countries should
19663 on the marketing of fodder plant seed, as last              therefore be obtained by growing and checking
amended by the Council Directive of 30 March                      samples of such seed in comparative Community
1971 ,2 and in particular Article 16 ( 1) (b) thereof;            tests ;
Having regard to the Council Directive , of 14 June
 19664 on the marketing of cereal seed, as last                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
amended by the Council Directive of 30 March
 1971 ,2 and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) (b) thereof;                                  Article 1
Having regard to the Council Directive of 30 June                 It is hereby declared that, where the special
19695 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre                   conditions laid down in the Annex to this Decision
plants, as amended by the Council Directive of 30                 are satisfied, seed harvested in the countries and
March 1971 ,2 and in particular Article 15 (1 ) ( b)              officially controlled by the authorities listed in the
thereof;                                                          Annex to this Decision and belonging to the species
                                                                  and categories specified therein is equivalent to seed
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;               of the corresponding categories harvested within the
Whereas there are rules on seed control in Austria,               Community and complying with the Council
Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Greece, Hungary,                 Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet
Ireland, Israel, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal,                   seed, fodder plant seed and cereal seed and of the
Romania, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,                Council Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing
Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States,                    of seed of oil and fibre plants.
Yugoslavia and Australia ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas those rules and the manner in which they
are applied have been reviewed; whereas this review               This Decision shall apply from 1 September 1972 to
has established that the conditions governing seed                30 June 1976.
harvested and controlled in those countries as regards
its characters, and the arrangements for the                                              Article 3
examination, for ensuring the identity, for marking
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
1  OJ No  125, 11.7.1966, p. 2290/66.                             Done at Brussels, 20 July 1972.
2  OJ No  L 87, 17.4.1971 , p. 24.                                                                  For the Council
3  OJ No  125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66.
                                                                                                      The President
4  OJ No  125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66.
5  OJ No  L 169, 10.7.1969, p. 3 .                                                                  T. WESTERTERP
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                                                               ANNEX
 Refer­
                                                                                          Categories
  ence   Country         Authority                    Species                                                                    Special
   No                                                                      in the Country            in the Community          conditions
            2                3                           4                        5                           6                    7
   1    Austria                                 Beets                  Basic Seed                      Basic Seed      1 , 3 , 6, 8, 9, 10
                                                                       Certified Seed                 Certified Seed   1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
                                                 Grass and legume      Basic Seed                     Basic Seed       1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                                                species subject to     Certified Seed                  Certified Seed, 1 , 3, 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                                 national rules on
                                                varietal control                                       1st generation
                 Bundesanstalt für Pflan­
                                                                       Certified Seed,                Certified Seed,  1 , 3, 5, 8 , 9, 10
                 zenbau und Samen­
                                                                       2nd and later                  subsequent
                                                                       generations                    generations
                 prüfung
                                                 Cereals, exept can­   Basic Seed                     Basic Seed       1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                                                 ary grass, maize      Certified Seed                 Certified Seed ; 1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                                 and rice
                                                                                                      Certified Seed,
                                                                                                      1st generation
                                                                     — Certifed Seed,                  Certified Seed, 1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                       2nd generation                 2nd generation
                                                                       (except rye)                   (except rye)
                                                Maize                — Elite                          Basic Seed       2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                                     — Original-Hochzucht
                    Burgenländische                                                                   Certified Seed   2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    Landwirtschafts­                                 — Original-Erhaltungs­
                                                                       zucht
                    kammer, Eisenstadt
                                                Swede cabbage,       — Elite                          Basic Seed       2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    Landwirtschafts­
                    kammer fur Kärn­            fodder kale
                                                                     — Orignal-Hochzucht
                    ten, Klagenfurt                                                                   Certified Seed   2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                                                                     — Original-Erhaltungs­
                    Niederösterreichi­                                 zucht
                    sche Landes-Land­
                                               Oil and fibre plants — Elite                           Basic Seed       2, 3 , 7,- 8 , 9, 10
                    wirtschaftskammer,
                    Wien                        (swede rape, turnip — Original-Hochzucht
                                               rape, sunflower,                                       Certified Seed,  2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                                               opium poppy,          — Original-Erhaltungs­           1st generation
                                                mustards, soya bean)   zucht
                    Landwirtschafts­
                    kammer für Ober­
                    österreich, Linz/O. ö
                                                Maize                  Elite                          Basic Seed       2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    Landeskammer für
                    Land- und Forst­                                   Original-Hochzucht
                    wirtschaft Steier­                                                                 Certified Seed  2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                                        Original-Erhaltungs­
                    mark, Graz                                         zucht
                    Landeskammer für
                                                Swede cabbage,         Elite .                        Basic Seed       2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    Tirol, Innsbruck           fodder kale
                    Kammer für Land­                                   O riginal-Hochzucht
                    und Forstwirtschaft                                 Original-Erhaltungs­           Certified Seed  2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                    in Salzburg,                                       zucht
                    Salzburg                    Oil and fibre plants   Elite                          Basic Seed       2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    Landwirtschafts­            (turnip rape, swede
                    kammer für Vorarl­                                 Original-Hochzucht
                                                rape, sunflower,                                      Certified Seed,  2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                    berg, Bregenz               mustards, soya bean)   Original-Erhaltungs­            1st generation
                                                                       zucht
                    Wiener Landwirt­
                    schaftskammer,
                    Wien
   2    Canada   Canadian Seed              Grass and legume           Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed         1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                 Growers' Association       species subject to
                                            national rules on          Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,    1 , 3, 5, 8 , 9, 10
                                            varietal control           1st generation                 1st generation
                                                                       Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,    1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                       2nd and later                  subsequent
                                                                       generations                    generations
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Refer­
                                                                                          Categories
ence     Country           Authority                 Species                                                                      Special
                                                                                                                                 conditions
 No                                                                        in the Country            in the Community
  1        2                   3                        4                         5                           6                       7
 3     Czecho­   Ostredni Kontrolni a     , Maize                  — Élite                         — Basic Seed          2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
       slovakia  zkusebni ústav
                                                                   — Original                      — Certified Seed      2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                 zemedelsky, Praha
 4     Denmark                             — Beets                 — Basic Seed                    — Basic Seed          1 , 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
                                                                   — Certified Seed                — Certified Seed      1 , 3 , 6, 8 , 9, 10
                                           — Grass and legume      — Basic Seed                    — Basic Seed          1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                               species subject to  — Certified Seed ,              — Certified Seed,
                                               national rules on                                                         1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                                               varietal control        1st generation                 1st generation
                                                                   — Certified Seed ,              — Certified Seed,     1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                                                       2nd and later                  subsequent
                                                                     . generations                    generations
                                           — Swede cabbage,        — Stamfrø                       — Basic Seed          2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                                               fodder kale, fodder
                                               radish              — Brugsfrø                      — Certified Seed      2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                 Landbrugsministeriets,
                 Certifikatudvalg for       — Cereals, except      — Basic Seed                    -r Basic Seed         1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                 Korn og Frø                   canary grass, maize
                                               and rice            — Certified Seed,               — Certified Seed ;    1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                                                                       1st generation                  Certified Seed,
                                                                                                      1st generation
                                                                   — Certified Seed,               — Certified Seed,     1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                       2nd generation                 2nd generation
                                                                       (except rye)                   (except rye)
                                           — Oil and fibre plants — Stamfrø                        — Basic Seed          2, 3, 7, 8 , 9, 10
                                               (turnip rape, swede — Brugsfrø                      — Certified Seed ;    2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                                               rape, mustards)                                         Certified Seed,
                                                                                                      1st generation
  5    Greece    Instituoton                Legume species          Certified Seed                 Certified Seed         1 , 3 , 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
                 Ktinotrofikon              subject to national
                 Fyton (Fodder Plant        rules on varietal
                 Institute) Larissa         control
  6    Hungary                              — Beets                — Basic Seed                    — Basic Seed           1 , 3 , 6, 8, 9, 10
                                                                   — Certified Seed                — Certified Seed       1 , 3 , 6, 8, 9, 10
                                            — Legume species       — Basic Seed                    — Basic Seed           1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                                                subject to         — Certified Seed,               — Certified Seed,      1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                                national rules on
                                                varietal control        1st generation                 1st generation
                                                                   — Certified Seed,               — Certified Seed,      1 , 3 , S, 8, 9, 10
                                                                        2nd and later                  subsequent
                                                                        generations                    generations
                                            — Maize                — Elit                          — Basic Seed           2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                 Országos Vetömag­
                 felügyelöség                                      — Certificali                   — Certified Seed       2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                  (Hungarian                                            Vetömag
                 Seed Control                                           = class 1
                  Office),                                              = class 2
                 Budapest                                               = class 3
                                            — Oil and fibre        — Elit                          — Basic Seed          2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                                                plants (turnip     — 1 , fokû                      — Certified Seed ;     2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                                                rape, swede rape,           szaporitas                 Certified Seed,
                                                sunflower, flax,                                       1st generation
                                                opium poppy,
                                                white mustard,     — 2, fokû szapori­              — Certified Seed,     2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                soya bean)                  tas (flax,                 2nd generation
                                                                            soya bean)                 (flax, soya bean)
                                                                   — 3 , fokû szapori­             — Certified Seed,      2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                                            tas (flax)                 3rd generation
                                                                                                       (flax)
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 ence     Country         Authority                 Species                                                                  Special
  No                                                                     in the Country            in the Community         conditions
   1         2                 3                       4                        5                          6                    7
   7    Ireland   Department of            Grass and legume         — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed       1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                  Agriculture             species subject to        — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed   1 , 3, 5, 8 , 9, 10
                  and Fisheries           national rules on
                                          varietal control            1st generation                 1st generation
                                                                    — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,  Ì, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                      2nd and later                  subsequent
                                                                      generations                    generations
   8    Israel                                                      — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed        1, 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                  — Seed Inspection       Grass and legume          — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                       Service
                                           species subject to         1st generation                 1st generation
                  — Volcani               national rules on
                       Institute of       varietal control          — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                       Agricultural
                                                                      2nd and later                  subsequent
                       Research                                       generations                   generations
   9    New       Department of            Grass and legume         — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed        1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
        Zealand   Agriculture             species subject to        — Certified Seed            — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                          national rules on
                                          varietal control            1st generation                 1st generation
                                                                    — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3, 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                                                                      2nd and later                 subsequent
                                                                      generations                   generations
  10    Poland    — Wojewódzkich­
                      Inspektoratów
                      Kontroll Mate­
                      rialu Siewnego
                       (WIKMS)
                       (District
                      Inspection
                      Authorities for
                      Seed Control)
                  — Bydgoszcz             — Beets                  — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed        1, 3 , 6, 8, 9, 10
                  — Gdànsk                                         — Certified Seed             — Certified Seed    1 , 3 , 6, 8, 9, 10
                  — Krakòw                — Grass and              — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed        1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                  — Poznan
                                              légume species       — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,   1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                              subject to              1st generation                1st generation
                  — Warszawa                  national rules on
                                              varietal control     — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,   1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                  — Wroclaw
                                                                      2nd and later                 subsequent
                  — Instytut Hodowli                                  generations                   generations
                      i Aklimatyzacji
                      Ròslin, Zaklad
                      Metodyki Ocenv
                      Nasion
                      (Seed Testing
                    . station of the
                      Plant
                      Improvement
                      Institute),
                      Sandormiez
                  — Wojewòdzkich
                      Inspektoratòw
                      Kontroll Mate­
                      rialu Siewnego      Swede cabbage,           — Elita hodowlana            — Basic Seed        2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                      (WIKMS)             fodder kale,
                                          fodder radish            — Oryginal                   — Certified Seed    2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                      (District
                      Inspection
                      Authorities
                      for Seed Control)
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ence      Country       Authority               Species                                                                   Special
                                                                                                                        conditions
 No                                                                  in the Country            in the Community
  1          2               3                     4                        5                          6                ■   7
 10    Poland     — Bialystok
       ( Cont'd.)
                  -- Bydgoszcz
                  — Gdànsk
                  — Katowice
                  — Kielce
                  — Koszalin
                  — Kraków
                  — Lublin
                  — Lòdz              Swede cabbage,            — Elita hodowlana           — Basic Seed        2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                                      fodder kale,
                                      fodder radish             — Oryginal                  — Certified Seed    2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                  — Olsztyn
                  — Opole
                  — Poznan
                  — Rzeszòw
                  — Szczecin
                  — Warszawa
                  — Wroclaw
                  — Zielona Gòra
 11    Portugal                       — Legunje species         — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                          subject to               1st generation                1st generation
                                          national rules on
                                          varietal control
                                                                — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 4, 5, 8, 9, 10
                  Estaçao de Ensaio                               2nd and later                 subsequent
                  de Sementes                                     generations                   generations
                                      — Maize                   — Semente base              — Basic Seed        2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                                — Semente                   — Certified Seed    2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                                  certificada
 12    Romania                        — Beets                   — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed        1 , 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
                                                                — Certified Seed            — Certified Seed    1 , 3 , 6, 8, 9, 10
                                      — Grass and               — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed        1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                          legume species        — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,
                                          subject to                                                            1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                          national rules on       1st generation                1st generation
                                          varietal control      — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                  2nd and later                 subsequent
                                                                  generations                   generations
                  Ministerul          — Swede cabbage,         — Elite                      — Basic Seed        2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                  Agriculturii si        fodder radish
                  Silviculturii,                                — Originale                 — Certified Seed    2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                  Bucuresti           — Maize                   — Elite                     — Basic Seed        2,  3,  7, 8,  9, 10
                                                                — Originale                 — Certified Seed    2,  3,  7, 8,  9, 10 ·
                                      — Oil and fibre           — Elite                     — Basic Seed        2,  3,  7, 8, 9,  10
                                          plants (swede        — Originale                  — Certified Seed ;  2,  3,  7, 8, 9,  10
                                          rape, black and                                       Certified Seed,
                                          white mustard,                                        1st generation
                                          hemp, caraway,
                                          sunflower, flax,
                                          opium poppy,
                                          soya bean)
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                                                                                           Categories
  ence    Country           Authority                   Species                                                                     Special
                                                                                                                                  conditions
   No                                                                       in the Country            in the Community
    1        2                  3                          4                       5                          6                       7
   13    South                               — Grass and              — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed           1 , 3, 5, 8 , 9, 10
         Africa                                  legume species       — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,      1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                                           .     subject to                                             1st generation
                                                 national rules on        1st generation
                                                 varietal control     — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,    < 1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                          2nd and later                 subsequent
                                                                          generations                   generations
                   Department of             — Fodder radish          — Foundation Seed            — Basic Seed           2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                   Agricultural
                   Technical Services,                                — Certified Seed             — Certified Seed,      2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                   Division of                                                                          1st generation
                   Seed Control              — Maize                  — Foundation Seed            — Basic Seed           2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                                      — Certified Seed .           — Certified Seed       2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                                             — Oil and fibre          — Foundation Seed            — Basic Seed           2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                                                 plants               — Certified Seed             — Certified Seed ;     2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9 , 10
                                                 (groundnut,
                                                 cotton,
                                                                                                        Certified Seed,
                                                 sunflower)                                             1st generation
   14   Spain      Instituto Nacional        Maize (hybrid            — Semilla original           — Basic Seed           2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10 .
                   de Semillas y             varieties)               — Semilla de                 — Certified Seed       2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9 , 10
                   Plantas de Vivero,
                   Madrid                                                 primera
                                                                          categoria
   15    Sweden                              — Grass and              — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed            1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                 legume species       — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seeds,      1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                 subject to
                                                 national rules on        1st generation                1st generation
                                                 varietal control     — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,       1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                         2nd and later                 subsequent
                  Statens Centrala                                        generations                   generations
                  Frökontrollanstalt,        — Cereals, except        — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed            1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                  Solna                         canary grass,
                                                 maize and rice      — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed;       1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                         1st generation                Certified Seed,
                                                                                                       1st generation
                                                                     — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,       1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                        2nd generation                 2nd generation
                                                                         (except rye)                  (except rye)
  16    Switzer­  — Station fédérale de
        land          recherches agrono­
                      miques, Lausanne
                  — Eidgenössische           Maize                    — Elite                     — Basic Seed            2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                      Landwirtschaftliche                            — Original                   — Certified Seed        2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                      Forschungsanstalt,
                      Zürich
  17    Turkey    Tarim Bakanligi            Sugar beet               Certified Seed              Certified Seed          1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10
                  (Ministry of
                  Agriculture)
  18    United    National Institute of      Beets                    — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed           1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
        Kingdom   Agricultural Botany,                                — Certified Seed            — Certified Seed
                  Cambridge                                                                                               1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
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                                                                                        Categories
Refer­
ence    Country          Authority                   Species                                                                   Special
                                                                                                                             conditions
 No                                                                      in the Country            in the Community
  1         2                3                          4                       5                          6                     7
 18    United                                — Grass and legume     — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed         1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
       Kingdom                                 species subject to   — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,    1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
       (Cont'd.)                               national rules on
                 — National Institute of       varietal control       1st generation                1st generation
                   Agricultural Botany,                            — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,    1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                   Cambridge                                          2nd and later                 subsequent
                 — Department of                                      generations                   generations
                   Agriculture for       f ' — Cereals except       — Basic Seed               — Basic Seed          1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                   Scotland
                                               canary grass, maize
                                               and rice            — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed ;  1 , 3, 5, 8 , 9, 10
                 — Ministry of                                        1st generation                Certified Seed,
                   Agriculture for                                                                  1st generation
                   Northern Ireland
                                                                   — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,    1 , 3, 5 , 8, 9, 10
                                                                      2nd generation                2nd generation
                                                                      (except rye)                  (except rye)
 19    United    — Alabama Crop
       States of   Improvement
       America     Association, Inc.
                 — Alaska Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association
                 — Arizona Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association
                 — Arkansas State Plant,
                   Board, Division of
                   Seed Certification
                 — California Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association
                 — Colorado Seed
                   Growers'                  — Grass and legume    — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed         1, 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                   Association,                species subject to
                                               national rules on   — Certified Seed ,          — Certified Seed,    1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                 — Delaware Crop               varietal control       1st generation                1st generation
                   Improvement
                   Association                                     — Certified Seed ,          — Certified Seed,    1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                                      2nd and later                 subsequent
                 — Florida Department                                 generations                  generations
                   of Agriculture
                                             — Maize               — Foundation Seed           — Basic Seed         2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9 , 10
                 — Georgia Crop
                   Improvement                                     — Certified Seed            — Certified Seed     2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                   Association Inc.
                 — Idaho Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association, Inc.
                 — Illinois Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association, Inc.
                 — Indiana Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association, Inc.
                 — Iowa Crop
                   Improvement                                                      -
                   Association
                 — Kansas Crop
                   Improvement
                   Association          J
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  ence   Country          Authority                Species                                                                 Special
                                                                                                                         conditions
   No                                                                  in the Country            in the Community
    1        2                3                       4                       5                          6                   7
   19   United    — Kentucky Seed
        States of   Improvement
        America     Association
        (Cont'd.)
                  — Louisiana
                    Department of
                    Agriculture,
                    Division of
                    Entomology
                  — Maine Department
               \    of Agriculture,
                    Division of Plant
                    Industry
                  — Maryland State
                    Board of Agri­
                    culture, Department
                    of Agronomy
                  — Michigan Crop
                    Improvement
                    Association
                  — Minnesota Crop
                    Improvement
                    Association
                  — Mississippi Seed
                    Improvement
                    Association          — Grass and legume       — Basic Seed                — Basic Seed        1, 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                             species subject to
                  — Missouri Seed            national rules on    — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                    Improvement              varietal control        1st generation                1st generation
                    Association
                                                                  — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                  — Montana Seed                                     2nd and later                 subsequent
                    Growers '                                        generations                   generations
                    Association
                                         — Maize                  — Foundation Seed           — Basic Seed        2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                  — Nebraska Crop
                    Improvement                                   — Certified Seed            — Certified Seed    2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    Association
                  — Nevada Department
                    of Agriculture,
                    Divison of Plant
                    Industry
                  — New Jersey
                    Department of
                    Agriculture,
                    Division of Plant
                    Industry
                  — New Mexico
                     Crop
                     Improvement
                     Association
                  — New York
                     Seed
                     Improvement
                     Coop. , Inc.
                  — North
                     Carolina
                     Crop
                     Improvement
                     Association,
                     Inc.
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                                                                                    Categories
ence     Country         Authority              Species                                                                  Special
                                                                                                                        conditions
 No                                                                  in the Country            in the Community
  1        2                 3                     4                        5                          6                    7
  19   United     — North
       States of     Dakota State
       America       Seed
       ( Cont'd.)    Department
                  — Ohio Seed                                      \
                     Improvement
                     Association
                  — Oklahoma
                     Crop
                     Improvement
                    Association
                  — Oregon State
                    University,
                    Extension
                    Service
                  — Pennsylvania
                    State
                    Department
                    of Agriculture,
                    Bureau of
                    Plant
                    Industry
                  — South
                    Carolina
                    Crop              — Grass and               — Basic Seed               — Basic Seed         1 , 3, 5 , 8, 9, 10
                    Improvement           legume
                    Association                                 — Certified Seed,          — Certified Seed,    1 , 3, 5, 8, 9, 10
                                          species subject
                  — South Dakota          to national             1st generation                1st generation
                                          rules on varietal
                    Crop                                       — Certified Seed,           — Certified Seed,    1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                          control
                    Improvement                                   2nd and later                 subsequent
                    Association                                   generations                   generations
                  — Tennessee         — Maize                   — Foundation Seed          — Basic Seed         2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                    Crop
                    Improvement                                 — Certified Seed           — Certified Seed     2, 3 , 7, 8, 9 , 10
                    Association
                  — Texas
                    Department
                    of Agriculture
                  — Utah Crop
                    Improvement
                    Association
                  — Utah
                    Agricultural
                    Experiment
                    Station
                  — Vermont
                    Department
                    of Agriculture
                  — Virginia
                    Crop
                    Improvement
                    Association
                  — Washington
                    State Crop
                    Improvement
                    Association,
                    Inc.
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 Refer­
                                                                                          Categories
  ence     Country           Authority                 Species                                                                  Special
                                                                                                                              conditions
   No                                                                      in the Country             in the Community
    1         2                  3                        4                       5                           6                    7
   19     United    — Washington
          States of     State
          America       Department
        . (Cont'd.)     of Agriculture,
                        Seed Branch          —= Grass and             — Basic Seed                 — Basic Seed        1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                                                 legume species
                    — West Virginia              subject to           — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seéd,   1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9, 10
                        Associated                                       1st generation                1st generation
                                                 national rules on
                        Growers '
                                                 varietal control
                        Association                                   — Certified Seed,            — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                                                                         2nd and later                 subsequent
                    — Wisconsin                                          generations                   generations
                        Crop
                        Improvement          — Maize                  — Foundation Seed            — Basic Seed        2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                        Association
                                                                      — Certified Seed             — Certified Seed    2, 3 , 7, 8, 9, 10
                    — Wyoming
                        Seed
                        Certification                                                                                              â
                        Service
   20     Yugo­                              — Beets                  — Basic Seed                  — Basic Seed       1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10
          slavia
                                                                      — Certified Seed              — Certified Seed   1, 3, 6, 8 , 9, 10
                    Institut za poljopri­
                    vredna                   — Legume species         — Basic Seed                  — Basic Seed       1 , 3 , 5, 8, 9, 10
                    istrazivanja                 subject to
                                                 national rules on    — Certified Seed,             — Certified Seed,  1 , 3 , 5 , 8, 9, 10
                    (Institute of                                        1st generation
                                                 varietal control                                       1st generation
                    Agricultural
                    Research), Novi Sad                               — Certified Seed,             — Certified Seed,   1 , 3 , 5, 8 , 9 , 10
                                                                         2nd and later                 subsequent
                                                                         generations                   generations
                    — Institut za
                        poljoprivredna
                        istrazivanja
                        (Institute of
                        Agricultural
                        Research),
                        Novi Sad
                    — Zavod za
                        krmno bolje
                        (Animal
                        Feedingstuffs
                        Research                                      — Linije                      '— Basic Seed       2, 3, 7, 8 , 9, 10
                        Station),                                        (inbred line)
                        Krusevac
                                                                      — SK (1 struki =
                    — Institut za                                        simple hybrid)
                        poljoprivredna        Maize
                        istrazivanja                                  — DC (2 struki =
                         (Institute of                                   double hybrid)              — Certified Seed   2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                        Agricultural»
                        Research),                                    — THC (3 struki -
                        Sarajevo                                         three-cross
                                                                         hybrid)
                    — Institut za
                        oplemenijvanje i
                        proizvodnju
                        bilja poljo­
                        privrednog
                         fakulteta
                         (University
                        Institute for
                        Plant
                         Improvement
                         and Production),
                         Zagreb            J
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 ence    Country             Authority                    Species                                                                     Special
  No                                                                              in the Country            in the Community        conditions
   1        2                   3                           4                            5                          6                    7
  20   Yugo­      — Poljoprivredni
       slavia         institut
       ( Cont'd.)      (Agricultural
                                                                           — Linije                      — Basic Seed        2, 3 , 7, 8 , 9, 10
                      Institute), Osijek
                                                                               (inbred line)
                  — Kmetijski
                      institut                                             — SK (1 struki =
                      Slovenije                                                simple hybrid)
                       (Slovenian               Maize
                                                                           — DC (2 struki =
                      Agricultural                                             double hybrid)            — Certified Seed    2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10
                      Institute),
                      Ljubljana                                            — THC (3 struki =
                                                                               three-cross
                  — Zemjodelski                                                hybrid
                      institut
                       (Agricultural
                      Institute), Skopje
  21   Australia  Department of                  Grass and legume '         — Basic Seed                  — Basic Seed       1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                  Primary                        species subject to
                  Industries,                    national rules on          — Certified Seed,             — Certified Seed,  1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9, 10
                  Canberra                      varietal control                1st generation               1st generation
                                                          SPECIAL CONDITIONS
                   1 . Seed shall be officially certified and its containers officially sealed and marked in accordance
                        with the scheme for the varietal certification of seed moving in international trade of the
                        Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The quality of the
                        seed shall meet the requirements of Community rules.
                   2. Seed shall be officially certified and its containers officially sealed and marked in accord­
                        ance with national provisions. The quality of the seed shall meet the requirements of
                        Community rules.
                   3 . Field inspection shall be carried out by State authorities or by any legal person, whether
                        governed by public or by private law, acting under the responsibility of such authorities,
                        provided that such person derives no private gain from the result of the inspection.
                   4. Basic seed and, in the case of certified seed of the second and subsequent generations, the
                        certified seed of the preceding generation or generations shall have been officially certified
                        within the Community.
                   5. The official label shall give the following additional information :
                        (a) date of official sealing;
                        (b) a statement that the seed complies with EEC rules and standards;
                        (c) if 4 is applicable, a statement that the basic seed or, in the case of certified seed of the
                             second and subsequent generations, the certified seed of the preceding generation or
                             generations has been certified within the Community.
                        This information may also appear on another official label which, in addition shall give the
                        name of the authority and of the country.
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     6. The official label shall give the following additional information :
         (a) date of official sealing;
         (b) if 4 is applicable, a statement that the basic seed has been certified within the Com­
              munity.
         This information may also appear on another official label which, in addition, shall give
         the name of the authority and of the country.
     7. The official label shall give the. following minimum information:
         (a) certification authority and country;
         (b) a statement that the seed complies with EEC rules and standards;
         (c) reference number of the lot;
         (d) species;
         (e) variety or, in the case of hybrids, inbred line;
          (f) category (basic seed or certified seed);
         (g) country of production;
         (h) declared net or gross weight;
          (i) date of official sealing;
          (j) in the case of certified seed of the second and subsequent generations, number of
              generations from basic seed;
         (k) in the case of hybrid varieties :
              — the word 'hybrid',
              — in the case of seed of the category 'certified seed' • which has not been certified
                  within the Community, a statement that the basic seed has been officially examined .
         The colour of the label shall be :
         — white for basic seed,
         — blue for certified seed and certified seed of the first generation,
         — red for certified seed of subsequent generations.
     8 . Any chemical treatment of the seed shall be noted either on the official label or on a
         special label and on the container or inside it.
     9. An official notice placed inside the container shall give at least the reference number of
         the lot, the species and the variety; in the case of beet seed it shall also be stated, where
         appropriate, whether the seed is monogerm or precision seed.
         This notice is not necessary if the minimum information is printed ' indelibly on the
         container.
    10. All information required for official labels, official notices and containers shall be given
         in at least one of the official languages of the European Communities or in English.