Directive 2008/124 - Commission Directive 2008/124/EC limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as basic seed or certified seed (Codified version)

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Sources and disclaimer
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1.

Current status

This directive has been published on December 19, 2008, entered into force on January  8, 2009 and should have been implemented in national regulation on July  1, 1976 at the latest.

2.

Key information

official title

Commission Directive 2008/124/EC of 18 December 2008 limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as basic seed or certified seed (Codified version)
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 2008/124
CELEX number i 32008L0124

3.

Key dates

Document 18-12-2008
Publication in Official Journal 19-12-2008; Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 03 Volume 057,OJ L 340, 19.12.2008
Effect 08-01-2009; Entry into force Date pub. + 20 See Art 3
End of validity 31-12-9999
Transposition 01-07-1976; At the latest See Art 2

4.

Legislative text

19.12.2008   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/73
 

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2008/124/EC

of 18 December 2008

limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as ‘basic seed’ or ‘certified seed’

(Codified version)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (2), and in particular Article 3(3) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

Commission Directive 86/109/EEC of 27 February 1986 limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as ‘basic seed’ or ‘certified seed’ (3) has been substantially amended several times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the said Directive should be codified, together with Commission Directive 75/502/EEC of 25 July 1975 limiting the marketing of seed of smooth-stalk meadow grass (Poa pratensis L.) to seed which has been officially certified as ‘basic seed’ or ‘certified seed’ (5), by assembling them in a single text.
 

(2)

Directive 66/401/EEC allows the marketing of basic seed, certified seed and commercial seed of certain species of fodder plants.
 

(3)

Directive 2002/57/EC allows the marketing of basic seed, certified seed of all kinds and commercial seed of certain species of oil and fibre plants.
 

(4)

Both Directives authorise the Commission to prohibit the marketing of seed unless it has been officially certified as ‘basic seed’ or ‘certified seed’.
 

(5)

Member States are in a position to produce sufficient basic seed and certified seed to satisfy within the Community the demand for seed of some of the species referred to above with seed of those categories.
 

(6)

The measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.
 

(7)

This Directive should be without prejudice to the obligations of the Member States relating to the time limits for transposition into national law of the Directives set out in Annex I, Part B,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

  • 1. 
    Member States shall provide that it shall not be permitted to place on the market seed of:
 

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Poa pratensis L.

smooth-stalk meadowgrass

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Vicia faba L. (partim)

field bean

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Papaver somniferum L.

opium poppy

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Agrostis gigantea Roth

redtop

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Agrostis stolonifera L.

creeping bent grass

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Phleum bertolonii DC

timothy

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Poa palustris L.

swamp meadowgrass

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Poa trivialis L.

rough-stalked meadowgrass

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Lupinus albus L.

white lupin

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Brassica juncea (L.) Czernj. et Cosson

brown mustard

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Agrostis capillaris L.

brown top

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Lotus corniculatus L.

birdsfoot trefoil

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Medicago lupulina L.

black medick

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Trifolium hybridum L.

alsike clover

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Alopecurus pratensis L.

meadow foxtail

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Arrhenatherum elatius (L.) Beauv. ex J. S. et K. B....


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