Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/432 of 23 March 2020 amending Council Directive 2002/55/EC with regard to the definition of vegetables and the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/432of 23 March 2020amending Council Directive 2002/55/EC with regard to the definition of vegetables and the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b)(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seedOJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33., and in particular Article 2(2) thereof,Whereas:(1)In Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990 of 17 June 2019 amending the list of genera and species in Article 2(1)(b) of Council Directive 2002/55/EC, in Annex II to Council Directive 2008/72/EC and in the Annex to Commission Directive 93/61/EEC (OJ L 160, 18.6.2019, p. 14)., which amended Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2002/55/EC, the definition of "vegetables" preceding the table in that Article was erroneously deleted. As a result, Article 2(1)(b) of Directive 2002/55/EC no longer contains a definition of "vegetables", which is an essential part of that Directive.(2)Directive 2002/55/EC should therefore be corrected accordingly.(3)For reasons of legal certainty, the transposition date set out in this Directive should match the transposition date set out in Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/990.(4)The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: