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Commission Implementing Directive 2012/37/EU of 22 November 2012 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. (Text with EEA relevance)

Article 1U.K.Amendments to Directive 66/401/EEC

Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows:

(1)

in Table A of Section I(2) of Annex II, concerning the entry for Galega orientalis Lam., in column 2 the number ‘60’ is replaced by the following:

60 (a)(b);

(2)

in column 1 of Annex III, the entry for ‘Poaceae (Gramineae)’ is replaced by the following:

Poaceae (Gramineae) (1).

Article 2U.K.Amendment to Directive 66/402/EEC

Annex III to Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:

(1)

the entries for Sorghum bicolor, Sorghum bicolor x Sorghum sudanense and Sorghum sudanense are replaced by the following:

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Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench30900900
Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf10250250’
(2)

the following entry is inserted after the entry for Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf:

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‘Hybrids of Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench x Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf30300300’

Article 3U.K.Transposition

1.Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2013 at the latest. They shall 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.

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 4U.K.Entry into force

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

Article 5U.K.Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 22 November 2012.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel Barroso