CELEX: 32020L0432
Language: en
Date: 2020-03-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/432 of 23 March 2020 amending Council Directive 2002/55/EC with regard to the definition of vegetables and the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) (Text with EEA relevance)

24.3.2020   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  L 88/3
               
            
         COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE (EU) 2020/432
         of 23 March 2020
         amending Council Directive 2002/55/EC with regard to the definition of vegetables and the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b)
         (Text with EEA relevance)
         THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
         Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
         Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (1), and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     In Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 (2), which amended Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2002/55/EC, the definition of ‘vegetables’ preceding the table in that Article was erroneously deleted. As a result, Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2002/55/EC no longer contains a definition of ‘vegetables’, which is an essential part of that Directive.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Directive 2002/55/EC should therefore be corrected accordingly.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     For reasons of legal certainty, the transposition date set out in this Directive should match the transposition date set out in Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
                  
               HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
         
            Article 1
            Amendment to Directive 2002/55/EC
            Directive 2002/55/EC is amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.
         
         
            Article 2
            Transposition
            
               1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 30 June 2020 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
               They shall apply those provisions from 1 July 2020.
               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.
            
            
               2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
            
         
         
            Article 3
            Addressees
            This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
         
         
            Done at Brussels, 23 March 2020.
            
               
                  For the Commission
               
               
                  The President
               
               Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            
         
         
            (1)  OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33.
         
            (2)  Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 14).
      
      
         
            ANNEX
            In Directive 2002/55/EC, point (b) of Article 2(1) is replaced by the following:
            
                        ‘(b)
                     
                     
                        “vegetables”: means plants of following species intended for agricultural or horticultural production, but not for ornamental uses:
                     
                  
               Allium cepa L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Cepa Group (Onion, Echalion)
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Aggregatum Group (Shallot)
                     
                  
               Allium fistulosum L. (Japanese bunching onion or Welsh onion)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Allium porrum L. (Leek)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Allium sativum L. (Garlic)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Allium schoenoprasum L. (Chives)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm. (Chervil)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Apium graveolens L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Celery Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Celeriac Group
                     
                  
               Asparagus officinalis L. (Asparagus)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Beta vulgaris L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Garden Beet Group (Beetroot including Cheltenham beet)
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Leaf Beet Group (Spinach beet or Chard)
                     
                  
               Brassica oleracea L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Kale Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Cauliflower Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Capitata Group (Red cabbage and White cabbage)
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Brussel Sprouts Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Kohlrabi Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Savoy Cabbage Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Broccoli Group (calabrese type and sprouting type)
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Palm Kale Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Tronchuda Group (Portuguese cabbage)
                     
                  
               Brassica rapa L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Chinese Cabbage Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Vegetable Turnip Group
                     
                  
               Capsicum annuum L. (Chili or Pepper)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Cichorium endivia L. (Endive)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Cichorium intybus L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Witloof Chicory Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Leaf Chicory Group (Large-leaved chicory or Italian chicory)
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Industrial (Root) Chicory Group
                     
                  
               Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. et Nakai (Watermelon)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Cucumis melo L. (Melon)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Cucumis sativus L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Cucumber Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Gherkin Group
                     
                  
               Cucurbita maxima Duchesne (Gourd)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Cucurbita pepo L. (Marrow, including mature pumpkin and scallop squash, or Courgette, including immature scallop squash)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Cynara cardunculus L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Globe Artichoke Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Cardoon Group
                     
                  
               Daucus carota L. (Carrot and Fodder Carrot)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Foeniculum vulgare Mill. (Fennel)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Azoricum Group
                     
                  
               Lactuca sativa L. (Lettuce)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Solanum lycopersicum L. (Tomato)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nyman ex A. W. Hill
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Leaf Parsley Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Root Parsley Group
                     
                  
               Phaseolus coccineus L. (Runner bean)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Phaseolus vulgaris L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Dwarf French Bean Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Climbing French Bean Group
                     
                  
               Pisum sativum L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Round Pea Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Wrinkled Pea Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Sugar Pea Group
                     
                  
               Raphanus sativus L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Radish Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Black Radish Group
                     
                  
               Rheum rhabarbarum L. (Rhubarb)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Scorzonera hispanica L. (Scorzonera or Black salsify)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Solanum melongena L. (Aubergine or Eggplant)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Spinacia oleracea L. (Spinach)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Valerianella locusta (L.) Laterr. (Corn salad or Lamb’s lettuce)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Vicia faba L. (Broad bean)
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        all varieties
                     
                  
               Zea mays L.
            
                        —
                     
                     
                        Sweet Corn Group
                     
                  
                        —
                     
                     
                        Popcorn Group
                     
                  All hybrids of the species and Groups listed above.’