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dossier	COM(2001)186 - Amendment of Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 66/403/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed and seed ...
document	COM(2001)186
date	August 31, 2001

(1) For the reasons set out below, Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed(4) and Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seeds(5) should be amended.

(2) Commission Decision 94/650/EC(6) organised a temporary experiment under specified conditions, with the aim of assessing whether the marketing of seed in bulk to the final consumer would have no adverse effect on the quality of the seed compared with the level of quality achieved under the present system under Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC.

(3) Following that temporary experiment, it is appropriate to permit the marketing of seed in bulk to the final consumer on a permanent basis, subject to the observance of specific conditions, and Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC should be amended accordingly.

(4) The measures necessary for the implementation of Directives 66/401/EEC and 66/402/EEC should be adopted in accordance with Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28 June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise of implementing powers conferred on the Commission(7).