Article 2
1. For the purpose of this Directive: (a) "marketing": shall mean the sale, holding with a view to sale, offer for sale and any disposal, supply or transfer aimed at commercial exploitation of seed to third parties, whether or not for consideration. Trade in seed not aimed at commercial exploitation of the variety, such as the following operations, shall not be regarded as marketing: - the supply of seed to official testing and inspection bodies, - the supply of seed to providers of services for processing or packaging, provided the provider of services does not acquire title to seed thus supplied. The supply of seed under certain conditions to providers of services for the production of certain agricultural raw materials, intended for industrial purposes, or seed propagation for that purpose, shall no be regarded as marketing, provided the provider of services does not acquire title to either the seed thus supplied or the product of the harvest. The supplier of seed shall provide the certification authority with a copy of the relevant parts of the contract made with the provider of services and this shall include the standards and conditions currently met by the seed provided. The conditions for the application of this provision shall be determined in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 46(2); (b) "vegetables": means plants of following species intended for agricultural or horticultural production but not for ornamental uses: >TABLE> (c) "basic seed": means seed (i) which has been produced under the responsibility of the breeder according to accepted practices for the maintenance of the variety; (ii) which is intended for the production of seed of the category "certified seed"; (iii) which, subject to the provisions of Article 22, satisfies the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II for basic seed; and (iv) which has been found by official examination to satisfy the abovementioned conditions; (d) "certified seed": means seed (i) which is produced directly from basic seed or, if the breeder so requests, from seed of a generation prior to basic seed which can satisfy and has been found by official examination to satisfy the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II for basic seed; (ii) which is intended mainly for the production of vegetables; (iii) which, subject to the provisions of point (b) of Article 22, satisfies the conditions laid down in Annexes I and II for certified seed; (iv) which has been found by official examination to satisfy the aforementioned conditions; (v) which is subject to official post-control by check inspection to verify its varietal identity and varietal purity; (e) "standard seed": means seed (i) which has sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity; (ii) which is intended mainly for the production of vegetables; (iii) which satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex II; and (iv) which is subject to official post-control by check inspection to verify its varietal identity and varietal purity; (f) "official measures": means measures taken (i) by State authorities; or (ii) by any legal person whether governed by public or by private law, acting under the responsibility of the State; or (iii) in the case of ancillary activities which are also under State control, by any natural person duly sworn for that purpose; provided that the persons mentioned under (ii) and (iii) derive no private gain from such measures; (g) "EC small packages": means packages containing seed up to a maximum net weight of (i) 5 kg for legumes; (ii) 500 g for onions, chervil, asparagus, spinach beet or chard, red beet or beetrood, turnips, water melon, gourd, marrows, carrots, radishes, scorzonera or black salsify, spinach, corn-salad or lamb's lettuce; (iii) 100 g for all other species of vegetable. 2. Amendments to be made to the list of species referred to in paragraph 1(b) shall be adopted in accordance with the procedures referred to in Article 46(2). 3. The different types of varieties, including the components, may be specified and defined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 46(2).