Beet: marketing of seeds (codif. Directive 66/400/EEC)

ACT : Commission Regulation 217/2006/EC laying down rules for the application of Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the authorisation of Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not satisfying the requirements in respect of the minimum germination.

CONTENT : this Regulation lays down the rules applying to requests by Member States for authorisation to permit temporarily the marketing of seed which does not satisfy the requirements in respect of minimum germination made under the above-named Directives. Pursuant to these Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC, seed could be marketed only where the requirements in respect of the minimum germination capacity have been met, or in cases where the quantity of available seed which satisfies the germination capacity requirements is insufficient, the Commission has permitted the marketing of prescribed maximum quantities of seed which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in those directives in respect of the minimum germination capacity.

However, the process of granting the authorisations was too slow.

Hence, and in order to simplify and accelerate the authorisation procedure while ensuring that the Commission and the Member States have all the information necessary to evaluate and respond to the application, this Regulation lays down the details of a consultation procedure between the Commission and the Member State. 

ENTRY INTO FORCE : 16/02/2006.