Commission Directive 82/287/EEC of 13 April 1982 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 69/208/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively, and Directives 78/386/EEC and 78/388/EEC

COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE
of 13 April 1982
amending the Annexes to Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 69/208/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively, and Directives 78/386/EEC and 78/388/EEC
(82/287/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Directive 81/126/EEC (2), and in particular Article 21a thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (3), as last amended by Directive 81/126/EEC, and in particular Article 20a thereof,
Whereas, in the light of the development of scientific and technical knowledge, Annexes I and II to Directives 66/401/EEC and 69/208/EEC should be amended for the reasons set out below;
Whereas the conditions to be satisfied by the crop and by the seed, including the varietal purity standards, should be amended so as to conform with the schemes for the varietal certification of seed intended for international trade laid down by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); whereas the dates for implementation laid down in the second indent of Article 2 of Commission Directive 78/386/EEC of 18 April 1978 amending the Annexes to Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed (4), as last amended by Directive 81/126/EEC, and in the first indent of Article 2 (1) of Commission Directive 78/388/EEC of 18 April 1978 amending the Annexes to the Directive 69/208/EEC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (5), as last amended by Directive 81/126/EEC, should accordingly be adapted to the current situation;
Whereas it has not been possible in the present situation to provide for harmonization within the Community of the conditions in respect of minimum varietal purity standards which the crops or the seed must satisfy in the case of sunflower hybrids; whereas, however, an attempt is to be made before 1 July 1983 to establish these standards in order to achieve harmonization;
Whereas 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,