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Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177Show full title
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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ANNEX IIU.K. Amendment of Directive 66/402/EEC
Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows:
(1)
Annex I is amended as follows:
(a)
part A of point 3 is replaced by the following:
‘A. Oryza sativa :
The number of plants which are recognisable as obviously being wild or red-grain plants shall not exceed:
0 for the production of basic seed,
1 per 100 m2 for the production of certified seed, first and second generation.’;
(b)
point 6 is replaced by the following:
‘6.
The crop shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
The crop shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests (“RNQPs”) provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031(1) as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.
The presence of RNQPs on the crops shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:
| Fungi and oomycetes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs | Plants for planting (genus or species) | Thresholds for the production of pre-basic seed | Thresholds for the production of basic seed | Thresholds for the production of certified seed |
| Gibberella fujikuroi Sawada [GIBBFU] | Oryza sativa L. | Not more than 2 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop. | Not more than 2 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop. | Certified seed of the first generation (C1): Not more than 4 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop. Certified seed of the second generation (C2): Not more than 8 symptomatic plants per 200m2 seen during field inspections at appropriate times of a representative sample of the plants in each crop. |
| Nematodes | ||||
| RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs | Plants for planting(genus or species) | Thresholds for the production of pre-basic seed | Thresholds for the production of basic seed | Thresholds for the production of certified seed |
| Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie [APLOBE] | Oryza sativa L. | 0 % | 0 % | 0 %’ |
(2)
Annex II is amended as follows:
(a)
point 3 is replaced by the following:
‘3.
The seed shall be practically free from any pests which reduce the usefulness and quality of the seed.
The seed shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and RNQPs provided for in implementing acts adopted pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/2031, as well as the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.
The presence of RNQPs on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:
| Nematodes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNQPs or symptoms caused by RNQPs | Plants for planting (genus or species) | Thresholds for pre-basic seed | Thresholds for basic seed | Thresholds for certified seed |
| Aphelenchoides besseyi Christie [APLOBE] | Oryza sativa L. | 0 % | 0 % | 0 % |
| Fungi | ||||
| Gibberella fujikuroi Sawada [GIBBFU] | Oryza sativa L. | Practically free | Practically free | Practically free’ |
(b)
the following point 4 is added:
‘4.
The presence of fungus bodies on the seeds and the respective categories shall comply with the following requirements as set out in the table:
| a The presence of five fungus bodies such as sclerotia or fragments of sclerotia, or ergots in a sample of the prescribed weight shall be deemed to be in conformity with the standards, where a second sample of the same weight contains no more than four fungus bodies.’ | |
| Category | Maximum number of fungus bodies, such as sclerotia, or ergots, in a sample of the weight specified in column 3 of Annex III |
|---|---|
| Cereals other than hybrids of Secale cereale: | |
| 1 |
| 3 |
| Hybrids of Secale cereale: | |
| 1 |
| 4a |
(1)
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’
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