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Commission Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU of 6 February 2014 determining Union grades of basic and certified seed potatoes, and the conditions and designations applicable to such grades (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 1Union grades of basic seed potatoes
1.Member States shall ensure that basic seed potatoes may be marketed as ‘Union grade S’ if they fulfil the following conditions:
(a)the potatoes have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (1)(a) of Annex I; and
(b)their lots have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (1)(b) of that Annex.
2.Member States shall ensure that basic seed potatoes may be marketed as ‘Union grade SE’ if they fulfil the following conditions:
(a)the potatoes have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (2)(a) of Annex I; and
(b)their lots have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (2)(b) of that Annex.
3.Member States shall ensure that basic seed potatoes may be marketed as ‘Union grade E’ if they fulfil the following conditions:
(a)the potatoes have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point 3(a) of Annex I; and
(b)their lots have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (3)(b) of that Annex.
Article 2Union grades of certified seed potatoes
1.Member States shall ensure that certified seed potatoes may be marketed as ‘Union grade A’ if they fulfil the following conditions:
(a)the potatoes have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (1)(a) of Annex II; and
(b)their lots have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (1)(b) of that Annex.
2.Member States shall ensure that certified seed potatoes may be marketed as ‘Union grade B’ if they fulfil the following conditions:
(a)the potatoes have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (2)(a) of Annex II; and
(b)their lots have been found by official inspection to fulfil the conditions, as set out in point (2)(b) of that Annex.
Article 3Information to the Commission
Member States shall inform the Commission of the extent to which they apply the respective Union grades in certifying their own production.
Article 4Transposition
1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by 31 December 2015 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.
They shall apply those provisions from 1 January 2016.
When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.
2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 5Repeal
Directive 93/17/EEC is repealed with effect from 1 January 2016.
Article 6Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 7Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 6 February 2014.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
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