Commission Directive 88/506/EEC of 13 September 1988 amending Annex II to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed

• CELEX: Directive 88/506/EEC
• Articles: 3

Article 1

Annex II to Directive 66/402/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. In the Table in section (2) (A), in column 2 ('Minimum germination'), after the figure 85 given for certified seed, 1st and 2nd generation of (inter alia) Avena sativa, the reference '(d)' is added.

2. In section (2) (B), the following condition is added:

'(d) In the case of varieties of Avena sativa which are officially classified as of the 'naked oat' type, Member States may, until 30 June 1990, reduce the minimum germination capacity to 75 % of pure seed. In such a case, the official label shall be endorsed "minimum germination capacity 75 %".'

Article 2

Member States which make use of the possibility added by Article 1 (2) shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of the measures they take for this purpose.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 September 1988.

For the Commission

Frans ANDRIESSEN

Vice-President

(1) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.

(2) OJ No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 31.