Article 3
1. Article 2 shall be renumbered Article 2 (1). 2. The following shall be substituted for Article 2 (1) (A) (b): >PIC FILE= "T0001930"> (1) OJ No C 108, 19.10.1968, p. 30. (2) OJ No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66. 3. The following paragraph (c) shall be added to Article 2 (1) (A): >PIC FILE= "T0001931"> 4. The following shall be substituted for Article 2 (1) (C) (a): "(a) which is of direct descent from basic seed or certified seed, or, if the breeder so requests, from seed of a generation prior to basic seed which has been found by official examination to satisfy the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II for basic seed;" 5. The following paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be added to Article 2: "2. Member States may, during a transitional period of not more than four years after the entry into force of the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, and by way of derogation from paragraph 1 (C), certify as certified seed seed which is of direct descent from seed officially controlled in a Member State under the scheme in operation at that time and which affords the same assurances as seed certified as basic seed or certified seed in accordance with the principles of this Directive. 3. The right of Member States to make seed of the species Brassica rapa var. rapa (L.) Thell subject to the provisions of this Directive shall not be affected."