Date: 2018-10-12Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1519 of 9 October 2018 amending Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU on the organisation of a temporary experiment providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat, barley, oats and maize pursuant to Council Directive 66/402/EEC (notified under document C(2018) 5470) (Text with EEA relevance.)
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety
**Policy Summary**
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1519, issued on October 9, 2018, amends Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU. The amendment pertains to a temporary experiment involving derogations for the marketing of populations of wheat, barley, oats, and maize, as outlined in Council Directive 66/402/EEC.
The original Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU established a temporary experiment, open to Member States, to assess the potential of marketing seed populations (Avena spp., Hordeum spp., Triticum spp., and Zea mays L) under specific conditions, as an alternative to the exclusion of seed marketing that does not meet the requirements of Article 21 E, F, and G and Article 3.1 of Directive 66/402/EEC.
Decision 2018/1519 extends the duration of this experiment because the initial assessment requires additional data collection over a longer timeframe. It also allows new Member States to participate in the experiment until December 31, 2019.
Specifically, Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU is amended as follows:
* Article 3.1: The term "January 2017" is replaced with "31 December 2019."
* Article 1.9: The term "31 December 2018" is replaced with "28 February 2021."
This Decision is addressed to the Member States of the European Union.
The Commission Member responsible for this decision is Vytenis Andriukaitis.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION EU 2018/1519: An implementing decision of the European Commission amending Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU.
Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU: A Commission Implementing Decision on the organisation of a temporary experiment providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat, barley, oats and maize.
Council Directive 66/402/EEC: Council Directive on the marketing of cereal seed.
Avena spp.: Scientific name for the plant species Oats
Hordeum spp.: Scientific name for the plant species Barley.
Triticum spp.: Scientific name for the plant species Wheat.
Zea mays L: Scientific name for the plant species Maize (corn).
12.10.2018 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 256/65
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2018/1519
of 9 October 2018
amending Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU on the organisation of a temporary experiment
providing for certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat,
barley, oats and maize pursuant to Council Directive 66/402/EEC
(notified under document C(2018) 5470)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), and in particular
Article 13a thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU (2) sets out the organisation, until 31 December 2018,
of a temporary experiment to which any Member State may participate, for the purpose of assessing whether the
production, with a view to marketing, and the marketing, under certain conditions, of seed from populations
in the meaning of Article 2 of that Decision and belonging to the species Avena spp., Hordeum spp.,
Triticum spp. and, Zea mays L, may constitute an improved alternative to the exclusion of the marketing of seed
not complying with the requirements of Article 2(1)(E), (F) and (G) of Directive 66/402/EEC concerning varietal
aspects of seeds of certain species, and with the requirements of Article 3(1) of that Directive concerning the
placing on the market with official certification as ‘certified seed’, ‘certified seed, first generation’ or ‘certified seed,
second generation’.
(2) The assessment has not yet been finalised as on a number of aspects of the experiment more information needs
to be collected during a longer period of time. It is therefore necessary to extend the duration of the temporary
experiment.
(3) Six Member States have so far participated in that temporary experiment. In view of the extension of the
duration of that experiment, it is appropriate to allow new Member States to start participating, at the latest on
31 December 2019.
(4) The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU is amended as follows:
(a) in Article 3(1) the terms ‘January 2017’ are replaced by the terms ‘31 December 2019’;
(b) in Article 19 the terms ‘31 December 2018’ are replaced by the terms ‘28 February 2021’.
(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66.
(2) Commission Implementing Decision 2014/150/EU of 18 March 2014 on the organisation of a temporary experiment providing for
certain derogations for the marketing of populations of the plant species wheat, barley, oats and maize pursuant to Council Directive
66/402/EEC (OJ L 82, 20.3.2014, p. 29).L 256/66 EN Official Journal of the European Union 12.10.2018
Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 9 October 2018.
For the Commission
Vytenis ANDRIUKAITIS
Member of the Commission