Commission Implementing Decision of 25 June 2012 on the organisation of a temporary experiment under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards field inspection under official supervision for basic seed and bred seed of generations prior to basic seed (notified under document C(2012) 4169) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/340/EU)

Article 1 Subject matter

A temporary experiment is organised at Union level assessing, as regards certification of basic seed and bred seed of generations prior to basic seed, whether the possibility to choose between official field inspections and field inspections under official supervision, carried out in accordance with Articles 2 and 3, may constitute an improved alternative to official field inspections and whether the same provisions as apply to the certification of certified seed are to be applied to basic seed and bred seed of generations prior to basic seed.

The purpose of that experiment is to decide whether, as regards basic seed and bred seed of generations prior to basic seed, the requirement of official field inspections may be replaced by a requirement of either official field inspections or field inspections under official supervision as regards the following provisions:

(a)

Article 2(1)(B)(1)(d) of Directive 66/401/EEC and Article 14a(a) thereof and point (6) of Annex I thereto;

(b)

Article 2(1)(C)(d) of Directive 66/402/EEC, Article 2(1)(Ca)(c) thereof, Article 2(1)(D)(1)(d) thereof, Article 2(1)(D)(2)(b) thereof, Article 2(1)(D)(3)(c) thereof and Article 14a(a) thereof and point (7) of Annex I thereto;

(c)

Article 2(1)(c)(iv) of Directive 2002/54/EC and Article 21(a) thereof and point (4) of Part A of Annex I thereto;

(d)

Article 2(1)(c)(iv) of Directive 2002/55/EC and Article 35(a) thereof and point (2) of Annex I thereto;

(e)

Article 2(1)(c)(iv) of Directive 2002/57/EC, Article 2(1)(d)(1)(ii) thereof, Article 2(1)(d)(2)(iii) thereof and Article 18(a) thereof and point (5) of Annex I thereto.