Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed
Modified by
  • Council Directiveof 18 February 1969amending the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed(69/60/EEC), 369L0060, February 26, 1969
  • Council Directiveof 30 March 1971amending 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(71/162/EEC), 371L0162, April 17, 1971
  • Actconcerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the TreatiesCouncil Decision of the European Communitiesof 1 January 1973adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Communities, 172B373D0101(01), March 27, 1972
  • Council Decision of the European Communitiesof 1 January 1973adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Communities, 373D0101(01), January 1, 1973
  • Council Directiveof 20 July 1972amending 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(72/274/EEC), 372L0274, July 29, 1972
  • Council Directiveof 6 December 1972amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, of fodder-crop plant, of cereal seed, of 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 Plant Species(72/418/EEC), 372L0418, December 26, 1972
  • Council Directiveof 11 December 1973amending 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 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species(73/438/EEC), 373L0438, December 27, 1973
  • Council Directiveof 26 June 1975amending 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(75/444/EEC), 375L0444, July 26, 1975
  • Council Directiveof 19 December 1977amending 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(78/55/EEC), 378L0055, January 20, 1978
  • First Commission Directiveof 18 April 1978amending the Annexes to Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed(78/387/EEC), 378L0387, April 25, 1978
  • Council Directiveof 25 July 1978amending 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(78/692/EEC), 378L0692, August 26, 1978
  • Council Directiveof 5 December 1978amending 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(78/1020/EEC), 378L1020, December 14, 1978
  • Commission Directiveof 27 June 1979amending 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(79/641/EEC), 379L0641, July 19, 1979
  • Council Directiveof 24 July 1979amending 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(79/692/EEC), 379L0692, August 13, 1979
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Hellenic Republic and the Adjustments to the Treaties, 179H, November 19, 1979
  • Commission Directiveof 16 February 1981amending 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(81/126/EEC), 381L0126, March 12, 1981
  • Counsil Directiveof 13 July 1981amending Directives 66/402/EEC and 66/403/EEC on, respectively, the marketing of cereal seed and of seed potatoes (81/561/EEC), 381L0561, July 23, 1981
  • Council Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85of 20 December 1985adapting, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain agricultural acts as regards the voting procedure of the Committees, 385R3768, December 31, 1985
  • Council Directiveof 22 April 1986amending, on account of the accession of Spain and Portugal, certain Directives concerning the marketing of seeds and plants(86/155/EEC), 386L0155, May 7, 1986
  • Commission Directiveof 20 June 1986amending Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed(86/320/EEC), 386L0320, July 23, 1986
  • Commission Directiveof 14 January 1987amending various Council Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating materials(87/120/EEC), 387L0120, February 18, 1987
  • Council Directiveof 13 June 1988amending 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(88/332/EEC), 388L0332, June 17, 1988
  • Council Directiveof 13 June 1988amending 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(88/380/EEC), 388L0380, July 16, 1988
  • Commission Directiveof 13 September 1988amending Annex II to Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed(88/506/EEC), 388L0506, October 6, 1988
  • Commission Directiveof 15 December 1988amending Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed(89/2/EEC), 389L0002, January 7, 1989
  • CommissionCommission Directiveof 7 November 1990amending Annex II to Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed(90/623/EEC), 390L0623, November 30, 1990
  • Council Directiveof 4 December 1990on 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), 390L0654, December 17, 1990
  • Commission Directive93/2/EECof 28 January 1993amending Annex II to Counsil Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, 393L0002, March 5, 1993
  • Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded(94/C 241/08)Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 194N395D0001, August 29, 1994
  • Decision of the Council of the European Unionof 1 January 1995adjusting the instruments concerning the accession of new Member States to the European Union(95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC), 395D0001, January 1, 1995
  • Commission Directive 95/6/ECof 20 March 1995amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, 395L0006, March 25, 1995
  • Council Directive 96/72/ECof 18 November 1996amending 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, 396L0072, November 27, 1996
  • Council Directive 98/95/ECof 14 December 1998amending, 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 speciesCorrigendum to Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 amending,in respect of the consolidation ofthe 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 commoncatalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species(Official Journal of the European Communities L 25 of 1 February 1999), 398L0095398L0095R(02), February 1, 1999
  • Council Directive 98/96/ECof 14 December 1998amending, 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 speciesCorrigendum to 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(Official Journal of the European Communities L 25 of 1 February 1999), 398L0096398L0096R(02), February 1, 1999
  • Commission Directive 1999/8/ECof 18 February 1999amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, 399L0008, February 26, 1999
  • Commission Directive 1999/54/ECof 26 May 1999amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, 399L0054, June 5, 1999
  • Council Directive 2001/64/ECof 31 August 2001amending Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed and Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, 301L0064, September 1, 2001
  • Council Directive 2003/61/ECof 18 June 2003amending 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, 303L0061, July 3, 2003
  • Council Directive 2004/117/ECof 22 December 2004amending 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, 304L0117, January 18, 2005
Corrected by
  • Corrigendum to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed, 366L0402R(04), July 26, 1997
  • Council Directive No 72/418/EEC of 6 December 1972 amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, of fodder-plant seed, of cereal seed, of 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 Plant Species, 372L0418R(02), January 1, 1973
  • Directive No 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed, 366L0402R(03), January 1, 1973
  • Council Directive No 69/60/EEC of 18 February 1969 amending the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed, 369L0060R(02), January 1, 1973
  • Council Directive No 71/162/EEC 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, 371L0162R(04), January 1, 1973
  • Corrigendum to Council Directive 98/95/EC of 14 December 1998 amending,in respect of the consolidation ofthe 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 commoncatalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, 398L0095R(02), June 16, 2001
  • Corrigendum to 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, 398L0096R(02), June 16, 2001
Council Directiveof 14 June 1966on the marketing of cereal seed(66/402/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof;Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament;OJ No 109, 9.7.1964, p. 1760/64.Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee;Whereas cereal production occupies an important place in the agriculture of the European Economic Community;Whereas satisfactory results in cereal cultivation depend to a large extent on the use of appropriate seed; whereas to this end certain Member States have for some time restricted the marketing of cereal seed to high-quality seed; whereas they have been able to take advantage of the systematic plant selection work carried out over several decades which has resulted in the development of sufficiently stable and uniform cereal varieties which, by reason of their characters, promise to be of great value for the purposes in view;Whereas greater productivity will be obtained in Community cereal cultivation if for the choice of the varieties permitted to be marketed the Member States apply uniform rules which are as strict as possible;Whereas it is, however, justifiable to restrict marketing to certain varieties only if the farmer can be sure of actually obtaining seed of those varieties;Whereas certain Member States have for this purpose been applying certification schemes which are intended by official control to ensure identity and varietal purity;Whereas such schemes already exist at international level; whereas the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations has recommended minimum standards for the certification of maize seed in European and Mediterranean countries; whereas, furthermore, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has established a scheme for the varietal certification of herbage seed moving in international trade;Whereas it is desirable to establish a uniform certification scheme for the Community based on the experience gained in the application of those schemes;Whereas the scheme should apply to marketing both in other Member States and on domestic markets;Whereas, as a general rule, cereal seed should be allowed to be marketed only if it has been officially examined and certified, in accordance with the rules for certification, as basic seed or certified seed; whereas the choice of the technical terms "basic seed" and "certified seed" is based on already existing international terminology;Whereas cereal seed which is not placed on the market should not, in view of its minor economic importance, be subject to Community rules; whereas Member States must retain the right to make such seed subject to special provisions;Whereas Community rules should not apply to seed shown to be intended for export to third countries;Whereas, in order to improve not only the genetic quality of Community cereal seed but also its external characters, certain conditions must be laid down as to analytical purity, germination and health status;Whereas, in order to ensure the identity of the seed, Community rules on packaging, sampling, sealing and marking must be established; whereas to this end the labels should give the particulars needed both for official control and for the information of the farmer and should clearly show the Community nature of the certification;Whereas certain Member States need blends of cereal seed of various species for special uses; whereas, in order to take these needs into account, Member States should be authorised to approve such blends subject to certain conditions;Whereas, in order to ensure that both the requirements as to the quality of the seed and the provisions for ensuring its identity are complied with during marketing, the Member States must make provision for appropriate control arrangements;Whereas seed satisfying these requirements should, without prejudice to Article 36 of the Treaty, be subject to no marketing restrictions other than those provided for in Community rules, except in those cases where Community rules provide for tolerances in respect of harmful organisms;Whereas, during a first stage, until a common catalogue of varieties has been established, the restrictions allowed should include in particular the right of Member States to restrict the marketing of certified seed to those varieties which are of value for cropping and use in their own territory;Whereas, subject to certain conditions, seed multiplied in another country from basic seed certified in a Member State should be recognised as equivalent to seed multiplied in that Member State;Whereas, on the other hand, provision should be made for authorising the marketing within the Community of cereal seed harvested in third countries only if such seed affords the same assurances as seed officially certified in the Community and complying with Community rules;Whereas, during periods in which there are difficulties in obtaining supplies of certified seed of the various categories, seed satisfying less stringent requirements should temporarily be permitted to be marketed;Whereas, in order to harmonise the technical methods of certification used in the various Member States and to enable comparisons to be made in the future between seed certified within the Community and that coming from third countries, Community test fields should be established in Member States to permit annual post-control of seed of the various categories of "certified seed";Whereas the Commission should be entrusted with the task of adopting certain measures for the application of this Directive; whereas, in order to facilitate implementation of the proposed measures, a procedure should be provided for establishing close co-operation between Member States and the Commission within a Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry;HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
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