Seed marketing : beets, fodder, cereals, potatoes, etc...

PURPOSE: to remove any actual or potential barriers to trade which mya hinder the free movement of seeds within the Community. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Directive 98/95/EC amending, in respect of the consolidation of the internal market, genetically modified plant varieties and plant genetic resources, Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1993 seed package). CONTENT: This text seeks to modify or repeal certain provisions of the existing legislation with the purpose of removing all barriers, whether real or potential, to trade which may hinder the free movement of seeds within the Community and to extend the scope of application of existing Directives. ENTRY INTO FORCE: twelve months following the Directive's notification.�