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Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the official label of seed packages (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the official label of seed packages (Text with EEA relevance)

Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 · Directive · 9 articles

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Amendments to Directive 66/401/EEC

Article 1

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Directive 66/401/EEC is amended as follows: (1) Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A)(I)(a), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (b) in Section (A)(I)(b), the following point 3a is inserted: ‘3a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (c) in Section (A)(I)(c), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (2) Annex V is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’; (b) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’.

Amendments to Directive 66/402/EEC

Article 2

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Directive 66/402/EEC is amended as follows: (1) Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A)(a), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (b) in Section (A)(b), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (2) Annex V is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’; (b) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’.

Amendments to Directive 2002/54/EC

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Directive 2002/54/EC is amended as follows: (1) Annex III is amended as follows: In Section (A)(I), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (2) Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A), the following indent is added after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’; (b) in Section (C), the following indent is added after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’.

Amendments to Directive 2002/55/EC

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Directive 2002/55/EC is amended as follows: (1) Annex IV is amended as follows: In Section (A)(I), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (2) Annex V is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’; (b) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’.

Amendment to Directive 2002/56/EC

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In Section (A) of Annex III to Directive 2002/56/EC, the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number’.

Amendments to Directive 2002/57/EC

Article 6

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Directive 2002/57/EC is amended as follows: (1) Annex IV is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A)(a), the following point 2a is inserted: ‘2a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (b) in Section (A)(b), the following point 3a is inserted: ‘3a. Officially assigned serial number.’; (2) Annex V is amended as follows: (a) in Section (A), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’; (b) in Section (C), the following indent is inserted after the first indent: ‘— officially assigned serial number,’.

Transposition

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1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 March 2017 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions. They shall apply those provisions from 1 April 2017. When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Entry into force

Article 8

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This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Implementing measures in the Member States

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