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Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.

Country
European Union
Type of law
Legislation
Date of original text
Date of latest amendment
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Keywords
Abstract
This Directive shall apply to cereal seed marketed within the Community. The Member States shall provide that cereal seed may not be placed on the market unless it has been officially certified as "basic seed", "certified seed", "certified seed, first generation" or "certified seed, second generation" and unless it satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex II. The Member States shall require that, for the checking of varieties and inbred lines of maize and for the examination of seed for certification, samples are drawn officially in accordance with appropriate methods. The Member States shall require that basic seed and certified seed of all kinds be marketed only in sufficiently homogeneous consignments and in sealed containers bearing, as prescribed in articles 9 and 10, a sealing device and markings.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/eur18955.pdf
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/eur18955_1966.pdf
Web site
http://eur-lex.europa.eu
Date of text
Notes
Last amended by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/2171 of 7 December 2021.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
CELEX-EUR Official Journal 125, 11 July 1966, pp. 2309-2319.
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Amended by
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/1927 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards requirements for seeds of hybrid wheat produced by means of cytoplasmic male sterility.
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/415 of 8 March 2021 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC in order to adapt to the evolution of scientific and technical knowledge, taxonomic groups and names of certain species of seeds and weeds.
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material.
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the official label of seed packages.
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2015/1955 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.
Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU amending certain Annexes of Council Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of Galega orientalis Lam., the maximum weight of a seed lot of certain fodder plant species and the sample size of Sorghum spp.
Commission Implementing Directive 2012/1/EU amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the crop Oryza sativa.
Commission Directive 2006/47/EC laying down special conditions concerning the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed.
Council Directive 2004/117/EC amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards examinations carried out under official supervision and equivalence of seed produced in third countries.
Council Directive 2003/61/EC amending Directives 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, 68/193/EEC on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, 92/34/EEC on the marketing of propagating and planting material of fruit plants, 98/56/EC on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental plants, 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed, 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed, 2002/56/EC on the marketing of seed potatoes and 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants as regards Community comparative tests and trials.
Council Directive 2001/64/EC amending Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed and Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.
Council Directive 98/95/EC amending, in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.
Council Directive 98/96/EC amending, inter alia, as regards unofficial field inspections under Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.
Commission Directive 95/6/EC of 20 March 1995 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed.
Council Directive 78/692/EEC amending Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed.
Council Directive 78/55/EEC amending Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/458/EEC and 70/457/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, seed of oil and fibre plants, vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species.
Implemented by
Regulation on packaging of seed material of agricultural plants and vegetables.
Order No. 1710 on grain seeds.
Seed Marketing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.I. No. 244 of 2016).
Order No. 1549 on seeds.
Order No. 96 on seeds.
Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU on the organisation of a temporary experiment providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat, barley, oats and maize pursuant to Council Directive 66/402/EEC.
Règlement grand-ducal fixant les conditions de commercialisation, de production et de certification des semences de céréales.
Regulation on seed mixtures.
Regulation on packaging of seed material of agricultural plants and vegetables.
Regulation on the application for field assessment of seed of individual types of agricultural plants and vegetables, and detailed requirements for production and quality of seed of these plants.
Seed Marketing (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (W.S.I. No. 889 (W. 101) of 2013).
Order No. 264 on seeds.
Seed Marketing (Wales) Regulations 2012 (S.I. No. 245 (W.39) of 2012).
Decree of requirements for sampling procedures and methods testing seed and seedlings.
Seed Marketing Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 463 of 2011).
Decree no. 378/2010 establishing the list of species of cultivated plants.
Seed Marketing Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 2605 of 2010).
Ordinance amending the Ordinance laying down requirements for the marketing of cereal seed.
Decree on details on the marketing of seeds and seedlings of cultivated plants.
Act amending the Agricultural Seeds and Propagating Material Act.
Regulation on methods of sampling seed material and methods of examination of seed material.
Regulation on seed mixtures.
Cabinet Regulation No. 120 of 2007 on Regulations on Growing and Marketing of Cereal Seed
Regulation concerning detailed requirements of production and quality of seed material.
Regulation on labeling and packaging of seed material.
Ordinance laying down requirements for the marketing of cereal seed.
Ordinance on registration of varieties of cultivated plants.
Decree on details on the marketing of seeds and seedlings of cultivated plants.
Plant Propagation and Plant Variety Rights Act (2005).
Cereal Seed (Wales) Regulations 2005 (S.I. No. 3036 (W. 224) of 2005).
Cereal Seed (Scotland) Regulations 2005 (S.S.I. No. 328 of 2005).
Regulation on the marketing of cereal seed.
Government Ordinance establishing requirements on the marketing of cereal seed.
Decree No. 48 of 2004 (IV. 21.) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development concerning the production and marketing of seeds of agricultural crop species.
Decree on on the marketing of seeds and seedlings of cultivated plants.
Decree No. 40 of 2004 (IV. 7.) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on state recognition of plant varieties.
Government Ordinance on registration of varieties of agricultural produces.
Act No. LII of 2003 on the recognition of plant varieties, and on the production and marketing of planting materials.
Cereal Seeds (England) Regulations 2002 (S.I. No. 3173 of 2002).
Council Decision 2003/17/EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries.
Arrêté royal portant réglementation du commerce et du contrôle des semences de céréales.
Arrêté royal relatif aux catalogues nationaux des variétés des espèces de plantes agricoles et de légumes.
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on trade in cereal seed (No. 109 of 2009).
Decree No. 68 of 2000 to amend various regulations based on the Seed and Plant Material Act.
Seed and Variety Circulation Law.
Decree No. 89 of 1997 of the Ministry of Agriculture on the production and distribution of seeds.
Decree relative to cereal seed (No. 1418 of 1993).
Cereal Seeds Regulations 1993 (S.I. No. 2005 of 1993).
Decree-Law No. 318-91 regulating the production, control and certification of seeds of agricultural and horticultural species intended for marketing.
Orden de 1º de julio de 1986 - Reglamento técnico de control y certificación de semillas de cereales.
European Communities (Cereal Seed) Regulations, 1981.