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)
Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/2171of 7 December 2021amending Council Directive 66/402/EEC with regard to the seed lot and sample weights of Avena nuda(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seedOJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309., and in particular Article 21a thereof,Whereas:(1)Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/415Commission 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 (OJ L 81, 9.3.2021, p. 65). amended Directive 66/402/EEC and due to a clerical error deleted the name of species Avena nuda from the entry in the third row of the first column of the table in Annex III to Directive 66/402/EEC. As a result, the maximum weight of a seed lot and the minimum weight of a seed sample of the species Avena nuda are no longer regulated. Therefore, the deleted name of species Avena nuda should be reinstated.(2)Directive 66/402/EEC should therefore be amended 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) 2021/415.(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: