Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed Basic information CELEX number: 31966L0402Official Journal: JOP_1966_125_2309_011 Form: DirectiveProcedure number: --Languages: bg cs da de el en et fi fr hr hu it lv lt mt nl pl pt ro sk sl es sv Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: June 15, 1966 Entry into force - Date notif. Date of transposition: July 1, 1968 July 1, 1969 Modified by Corrected by: Modified by: 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
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detail Council Directive 72/274/EEC of 20 July 1972 amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, the Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants and the Directives of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural species
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detail Council Directive 69/60/EEC of 18 February 1969 amending the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/2171 of 7 December 2021 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC with regard to the seed lot and sample weights of Avena nuda (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Council Directive 78/692/EEC of 25 July 1978 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
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detail Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 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
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detail Council Directive 88/380/EEC of 13 June 1988 amending 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
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detail 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May 1999 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Commission Directive 81/126/EEC of 16 February 1981 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively and Directives 78/386/EEC and 78/388/EEC
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detail Council Directive of 30 March 1971 amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed and seed potatoes, the Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants and the Directive of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed
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detail 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
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detail Commission Directive 2006/55/EC of 12 June 2006 amending Annex III to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the maximum weight of seed lots (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail 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) (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Council Directive 2001/64/EC of 31 August 2001 amending Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed and Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Commission Directive 79/641/EEC of 27 June 1979 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed
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detail Commission Directive 93/2/EEC of 28 January 1993 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/1027 of 19 July 2018 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards isolation distances for Sorghum spp. (Text with EEA relevance.)
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detail ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Uni founded, ANNEX I - List referred to in Article 29 of the Act - V. AGRICULTURE - F. MISCELLANEOUS - I. Committee procedure
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detail Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail First Commission Directive 78/387/EEC of 18 April 1978 amending the Annexes to Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Council Directive 96/72/EC of 18 November 1996 amending Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/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
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detail Council Directive 78/1020/EEC of 5 December 1978 amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed of oil and fibre plants
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detail Council Directive 79/692/EEC of 24 July 1979 amending Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 70/458/EEC and 70/457/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed and vegetable seed and on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species
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detail Council Directive 98/96/EC of 14 December 1998 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
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detail Council Directive 78/55/EEC of 19 December 1977 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
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detail Council Directive 88/332/EEC of 13 June 1988 amending certain Directives on the marketing of seed and propagating material so as to provide for rules for applying the provisions relating to seed and propagating material satisfying less stringent requirements
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detail Commission Directive 90/623/EEC of 7 November 1990 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Council Decision of the European Communities of 1 January 1973 adjusting the documents concerning the accession of the new Member States to the European Communities
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detail Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex VII: List referred to in Article 24 of the Act of Accession: Cyprus - 5. Agriculture - B. Veterinary and phytosanitary legislation
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detail Commission Directive 88/506/EEC of 13 September 1988 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 of 20 December 1985 adapting, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain agricultural acts as regards the voting procedure of the Committees
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detail Council Directive 2003/61/EC of 18 June 2003 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
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detail Council Directive 90/654/EEC 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
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detail Council Directive 72/418/EEC of 6 December 1972 amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, of fodder-crop seed, of cereal seed, of seed potatoes, the Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of oleaginous and fibrous plant seed, and the Directives of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed and on the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species
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detail Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2015/1955 of 29 October 2015 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, ANNEX I LIST REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 21 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION, II. AGRICULTURE, A. GENERAL
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detail Council Directive 86/155/EEC of 22 April 1986 amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain Directives concerning the marketing of seeds and plants
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detail Council Directive 2004/117/EC of 22 December 2004 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
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detail Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/971 of 16 June 2021 amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed and Annex I to Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as regards the use of biochemical and molecular techniques
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detail Council Directive 75/444/EEC of 26 June 1975 amending Directives No 66/400/EEC, No 66/401/EEC, No 66/402/EEC, No 66/403/EEC and No 69/208/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, and seed of oil and fibre plants
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detail Commission Directive 89/2/EEC of 15 December 1988 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Council Directive 81/561/EEC of 13 July 1981 amending Directives 66/402/EEC and 66/403/EEC on, respectively, the marketing of cereal seed and of seed potatoes
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detail Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/1927 of 5 November 2021 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 (Text with EEA relevance)
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detail Council Directive 73/438/EEC of 11 December 1973 amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed and seed potatoes; the Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants; and the Directives of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed and the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species
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detail Commission Directive 87/120/EEC of 14 January 1987 amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials
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detail DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, IRELAND, THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, 2. ANNEXES, ANNEX I LIST REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 29 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION, II. AGRICULTURE, A. GENERAL
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detail Commission Directive 86/320/EEC of 20 June 1986 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Commission Directive 1999/8/EC of 18 February 1999 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
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detail Commission Implementing Directive 2012/1/EU of 6 January 2012 amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the crop Oryza sativa Text with EEA relevance
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detail Amendment proposed by: Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the production and marketing of plant reproductive material in the Union, amending Regulations (EU) 2016/2031, 2017/625 and 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC (Regulation on plant reproductive material) Completed by: All documents based on this document: First Commission Directive 78/387/EEC of 18 April 1978 amending the Annexes to Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 79/641/EEC of 27 June 1979 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed Commission Directive 81/126/EEC of 16 February 1981 amending the Annexes to Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively and Directives 78/386/EEC and 78/388/EEC Commission Directive 86/320/EEC of 20 June 1986 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 87/120/EEC of 14 January 1987 amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials Commission Directive 88/506/EEC of 13 September 1988 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 89/2/EEC of 15 December 1988 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 90/623/EEC of 7 November 1990 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 93/2/EEC of 28 January 1993 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed 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 Commission Directive 1999/8/EC of 18 February 1999 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 1999/54/EC of 26 May 1999 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed Commission Directive 2006/47/EC of 23 May 2006 laying down special conditions concerning the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Directive 2006/55/EC of 12 June 2006 amending Annex III to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the maximum weight of seed lots (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Regulation (EC) No 217/2006 of 8 February 2006 laying down rules for the application of Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the authorisation of Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not satisfying the requirements in respect of the minimum germination (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Directive 2008/62/EC of 20 June 2008 providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Directive 2009/74/EC of 26 June 2009 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the botanical names of plants, the scientific names of other organisms and certain Annexes to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in the light of developments of scientific and technical knowledge (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Implementing Directive 2012/1/EU of 6 January 2012 amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the crop Oryza sativa Text with EEA relevance 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 Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2015/1955 of 29 October 2015 amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 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 (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/1027 of 19 July 2018 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards isolation distances for Sorghum spp. (Text with EEA relevance.) 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) (Text with EEA relevance) 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 (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/971 of 16 June 2021 amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed and Annex I to Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as regards the use of biochemical and molecular techniques Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/1927 of 5 November 2021 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 (Text with EEA relevance) Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/2171 of 7 December 2021 amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC with regard to the seed lot and sample weights of Avena nuda (Text with EEA relevance) Derogated in: Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1106 of 24 July 2020 on the organisation of a temporary experiment under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the official checking rate for field inspection under official supervision for basic seed, bred seed of generations prior to basic seed and certified seed (notified under document C(2020) 4955) /* 69/271/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1969 exempting the Kingdom of the Netherlands from applying to certain species the Council Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed and cereal seed */ (Only the Dutch text is authentic) /* 69/270/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1969 exempting the Federal Republic of Germany from applying to certain species the Council Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed and cereal seed */ (Only the German text is authentic) 2011/164/EU: Commission Decision of 16 March 2011 providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Triticum aestivum not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (notified under document C(2011) 1634) Text with EEA relevance Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1188 of 24 April 2024 on a temporary derogation granted to the Netherlands from marketing conditions of Council Directive 66/402/EEC for certified seed (notified under document C(2024) 2566) undefined /* 69/272/EEC: Commission Decision of 28 July 1969 exempting the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg from applying to certain species the Council Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed and cereal seed */ (Only the French text is authentic) Modifies Affected by case Legal basis TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE II - AGRICULTURE, ARTICLE 43 TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART THREE - POLICY OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - COMMON RULES, CHAPTER 3: APPROXIMATION OF LAWS, ARTICLE 100 EuroVoc Vocabulary Seed Labelling Other sectors for approximation of laws Approximation of laws Plant reproductive material Cereals Seeds and seedlings Marketing standard Seeds and seedlings