Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/971 of 16 June 2021 amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/54/EC on the marketing of beet seed, Annex I to Council Directive 2002/55/EC on the marketing of vegetable seed and Annex I to Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as regards the use of biochemical and molecular techniques

• CELEX: Implementing Directive (EU) 2021/971
• Articles: 5

Article 1 Amendments to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC

Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC are amended as follows:

(1)

Annex I to Directive 66/401/EEC is amended in accordance with Part A of the Annex to this Directive;

(2)

Annex I to Directive 66/402/ECC is amended in accordance with Part B of the Annex to this Directive;

(3)

Annex I to Directive 2002/54/EC is amended in accordance with Part C of the Annex to this Directive;

(4)

Annex I to Directive 2002/55/EC is amended in accordance with Part D of the Annex to this Directive;

(5)

Annex I to Directive 2002/57/EC is amended in accordance with Part E of the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2 Transposition

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 August 2022 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 September 2022.

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.

Article 3 Entry into force

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

Article 4 Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX Amendments to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC, as referred to in Article 1

ANNEX

Amendments to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC, as referred to in Article 1

PART A

Amendment to Annex I to Directive 66/401/EEC

In Annex I to Directive 66/401/EEC, the following point 7 is added:

‘7.

In the case where, following the implementation of points 4 and 6, there is still doubt as to the varietal identity of the seed, the certification authority may use, for the examination of that identity, an internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical or molecular technique, in accordance with the applicable international standards.’

PART B

Amendment to Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC

In Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC, the following point 8 is added:

‘8.

In the case where, following the implementation of points 3 and 7, there is still doubt as to the varietal identity of the seed, the certification authority may use, for the examination of that identity, an internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical or molecular technique, in accordance with the applicable international standards.’

PART C

Amendment to Annex I to Directive 2002/54/EC

In Part A. Crop of Annex I to Directive 2002/54/EC, the following point 5a is inserted between points 5 and 6:

‘5a.

In the case where, following the implementation of points 2 to 5, there is still doubt as to the varietal identity of the seed, the certification authority may use, for the examination of that identity, an internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical or molecular technique, in accordance with the applicable international standards.’

PART D

Amendment to Annex I to Directive 2002/55/EC

In Annex I to Directive 2002/55/EC, the following point 3a is inserted between points 3 and 4:

‘3a.

In the case where, following the implementation of points 1, 2 and 3, there is still doubt as to the varietal identity of the seed, the certification authority may use, for the examination of that identity, an internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical or molecular technique, in accordance with the applicable international standards.’

PART E

Amendment to Annex I to Directive 2002/57/EC

In Annex I to Directive 2002/57/EC, the following point 3a is inserted between points 3 and 4:

‘3a.

In the case where, following the implementation of points 1 and 3, there is still doubt left as to the varietal identity of the seed, the certification authority may use, for the examination of that identity, an internationally recognised and reproducible biochemical or molecular technique, in accordance with the applicable international standards.’