Article 7
Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed (1), as last amended by Directive 78/55/EEC, shall be amended as follows: 1. The following shall be substituted for Article 25 (1): "1. The Member States shall require that packages of basic and certified seed, not made up in the form of EEC small packages, be sealed officially or under official supervision in such a manner that they cannot be opened without damaging the sealing system or leaving evidence of tampering on either the official label provided for in Article 26 (1) or the package. In order to ensure sealing, the sealing system shall comprise at least either the abovementioned label or the affixing of an official seal. The measures provided for in the second subparagraph shall not be necessary where a non-reusable sealing system is used. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 40 it may be established whether a particular sealing system complies with the provisions of this paragraph." 2. In the first sentence of Article 25 (2), the words "or under official supervision" shall be inserted after "officially". 3. Article 25 (3) shall be replaced by the following: "3. The Member States shall require that packages of standard seed and small packages of seeds of the category certified seed be closed in such a manner that they cannot be opened without damaging the system of closing or without leaving evidence of tampering on the label provided for in Article 26 (3) or the package. Except in the case of small packages, they shall also bear a lead or an equivalent sealing device attached by the person responsible for attaching labels. In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 40, it may be established whether a particular system of closing complies with the provisions of this paragraph. In the case of small packages of the category certified seed, packages shall not be sealed on one or more occasions except under official supervision." 4. The following paragraph shall be added to Article 25: "4. The Member States may provide for derogations from paragraphs 1 and 2 in the case of small packages of basic seed." 5. In Article 30 (3) (c), the following particulars shall be added after the indent "lot reference number": " - month and year of sealing, or - month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification. " 6. Annex IV (A) (a) shall be replaced by the following: " 1. EEC rules and standards. 2. Certification authority and Member State or their initials. 3. Month and year of sealing expressed thus : "sealed ..." (month and year), or month and year of the last official sampling for the purposes of certification expressed thus : "sampled ..." (month and year). (1)OJ No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 7. 4. Reference number of lot. 5. Species. 6. Variety. 7. Category. 8. Country of production. 9. Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds. 10. Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of clusters or pure seeds and total weight. 11. Where at least germination has been retested, the words "retested ..." (month and year) may be indicated. " 7. Annex IV (B) (a) shall be replaced by the following: " 1. EEC rules and standards. 2. Name and address of the person responsible for affixing the labels or his identification mark. 3. Marketing year of the sealing or of the last examination of germination. The end of the marketing year may be indicated. 4. Species. 5. Variety. 6. Category : in the case of small packages, certified seed may be marked with the letter "C" or "Z" and standard seed with the letters "ST". 7. Reference number given by the person responsible for affixing the labels - in the case of standard seed. 8. Reference number enabling the certified lot to be indentified - in the case certified seed. 9. Declared net or gross weight or declared number of seeds, except for small packages of up to 500 grams. 10. Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight of clusters or pure seeds and the total weight. "