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Council Directive 86/155/EEC of 22 April 1986 amending, on… Article 2

Article 2

Directive 66/402/EEC is hereby amended as follows: 1. In Article 2 (1) (A) the words 1.2 // 'Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench // Sorghum // Sorghum sudanense (Piper) Stapf // Sudan grass' // shall be inserted after 'Secale cereale L. // Rye'. 2. In Article 2 (1) (B) the words 'and Sorghum spp.' shall be inserted after 'maize'. 3. In Article 2 (1) (D) the words 'Sorghum spp.' shall be inserted after 'maize'. 4. In Article 2 (2) (E) the words 'Sorghum spp.' shall be inserted after 'canary grass'. 5. In Annex I (2) the following words shall be inserted before the table: 'and in particular, in the case of sorghum, from sources of Sorghum halepense'. 6. In the table in Annex I (2) the following shall be inserted before the line Zea mays: 'Sorghum spp. 300 m'. 7. In the first and second paragraphs of Annex I (3), and in the introductory wording of the third paragraph the words 'Sorghum spp. and' shall be inserted in each case before 'Zea mays'. 8. In the third paragraph of Annex I (3), the following shall be added: 'C. Sorghum spp. (a) the percentage by number of plants of a Sorghum species other than the crop species or plants which are recognizable as obviously not being true to the inbred line or to the component shall not exceed: (aa) for the production of basic seed (i) at flowering: 0,1 %, (ii) at maturity: 0,1 %; (bb) for the production of certified seed (i) plants of the male component which have shed pollen when the plants of the female component have receptive stigmas: 0,1 %; (ii) plants of the female component - at flowering: 0,3 %, - at maturity: 0,1 %; (b) the following standards or other conditions shall be satisfied for the production of certified seed: (aa) sufficient pollen shall be shed by the plants of the male component while the plants of the female component have receptive stigmas; (bb) where plants of the female component have receptive stigmas, the percentage of plants of that component which have shed pollen or are shedding pollen shall not exceed 0,1 %'. 9. In Annex I (5) (B) (b) the words 'Sorghum spp. and' shall be inserted in each case before 'Zea mays'. 10. In the first and second sentences of Annex II (I), the words 'Sorghum spp. and' shall be inserted in each case before 'Zea mays'. 11. In Annex II (1) (B) the words 'Sorghum spp. and' shall be inserted before 'Zea mays'. 12. In Annex II (2) (A) the following shall be inserted after the line Secale cereale: 1.2.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10 // // // // // // // // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 // 8 // 9 // 10 // // // // // // // // // // // 'Sorghum spp. // 80 // 98 // 0' // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // // 13. In Annex III the following shall be inserted after the line Oryza sativa: 1.2.3.4 // // // // // 1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // // // // // 'Sorghum spp. // 10 // 1 000 // 900'. // // // // 14. In Annex IV (A) (a) (5) the words 'and Sorghum spp.' shall be added. 15. In Annex IV (A) (a) (9) the words 'of maize' shall be deleted.

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