Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (66/402/EEC)

Article 23 U.K.

The Member States shall, not later than 1 July 1968, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of Article 14 (1) and, not later than 1 July 1969, those necessary to comply with the other provisions of this Directive and its Annexes. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

[F1 The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized to comply, in respect of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, with the following:

• Article 3 (1), in the case of:

  • seed harvested prior to German unification or after unification insofar as the seed production fields had been sown before that date,

  • other seed if it is certified in accordance with Article 2 (2) (c);

• Article 8 (2), in the case of the restriction to ‘ small quantities ’ ;

• Article 13 (1), in the case of seed of ‘ Hordeum vulgare L.’;

• Article 16, within the limits of the traditional trade flows and in response to the production needs of undertakings in the former German Democratic Republic,

at a date later than referred to above, but not later than 31 December 1992 in respect of the first and fourth indents and not later than 31 December 1994 in respect of the second and third indents.

The Federal Republic of Germany shall ensure that seed in respect of which it applies this authorization, other than seed specified in the second sub-indent of the first indent, is not introduced into parts of the Community other than the territory of the former German Democratic Republic unless it is established that the provisions of this Directive are complied with.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Directive of 4 December 1990 on the transitional measures and the adjustments required to the Directives on plant health, seeds, plants and animal feedingstuffs and to the veterinary and zootechnical legislation as a result of German unification (90/654/EEC).