Legal provisions of COM(2024)53 - Equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (codification)

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document COM(2024)53
date February  6, 2024



🡻 2005/834/EC Art. 4

Article 1


🡻 2018/1674 Art. 1.1 (adapted)

Field inspections concerning the seed-producing crops of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision carried out in the third countries listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to field inspections carried out in accordance with ⌦ Council ⌫ Directives 66/401/EEC10, 66/402/EEC11, 2002/54/EC12, ⌦ 2002/55/EC13 ⌫ and 2002/57/EC14 and Council Directive 2002/55/EC15 provided that they:


🡻 2005/834/EC Art. 4

(a) are carried out officially by the authorities listed in Annex I, or under the official supervision of those authorities;

(b) satisfy the conditions laid down in point A of Annex II.


🡻 2018/1674 Art. 1.2

Article 2

Seed of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision, produced in the third countries listed in that Annex and officially certified by the authorities listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to seed complying with Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC, if it satisfies the conditions laid down in point B of Annex II to this Decision.


🡻 2003/17/EC

Article 3


🡻 2018/1674 Art. 1.3(a) (adapted)

1. Where equivalent seed is ‘relabelled and refastened’ in the ⌦ Union ⌫ Community, within the meaning of ⌦ the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development ⌫ (OECD) Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade, the provisions of Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC concerning the reclosing of packages produced in the ⌦ Union ⌫ Community shall apply by analogy.

The first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the OECD rules applicable to such operations.


🡻 2003/17/EC (adapted)

2. Where relabelling and refastening in the ⌦ Union ⌫ Community of equivalent seed is necessary, EC ⌦ EU ⌫ labels shall be used only:

(a) if seeds produced in Member States and seeds of the same variety and category produced in third countries are blended in order to improve the germination capacity, provided that:

- the blend is homogeneous, and

- the label mentions each country of production; or


🡻 2018/1674 Art. 1.3(b)

(b) for small EC packages within the meaning of Directives 66/401/EEC, 2002/54/EC or 2002/55/EC.


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Article 4

Decision 2003/17/EC is repealed.

References to the repealed Decision shall be construed as references to this Decision and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex IV.


🡻 2003/17/EC (adapted)

🡺1 2022/871 Art. 1.1

Article 56

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003 to ⌦ until ⌫ 🡺1 31 December 2029 🡸.

Article 67

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.


1COM(87) 868 PV.

2See Annex 3 to Part A of the Conclusions.

3Entered in the legislative programme for 2023.

4See Annex III to this proposal.

5OJ C […], […], p. […].

6Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2003/17(1)/oj).

7See Annex III.

8Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10).

9OJ L 93, 8.4.1986, p. 23.

10Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298, ELI:http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1966/401/oj).

11Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1966/402/oj).

12Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of beet seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12, ELI:http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2002/54/oj).

13Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2002/55/oj.

14Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002 p. 74, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2002/57/oj).

15Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33).

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