Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 (repealed)Show full title

[F1 Article 6a U.K.

1. For the purposes of this Article, ‘ seedlings ’ shall mean whole seedlings intended for planting for plant production.

2. The organic production method implies that when producers use seedlings, they have been produced in accordance with Article 6.

3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, seedlings not obtained by organic production methods may be used during a transitional period expiring on 31 December 1997 in so far as the following conditions are met:

(a) the competent authority of the Member State has authorized the use after the user or users of such material have demonstrated to the satisfaction of the inspection body or authority of the Member State that they were not able to obtain an appropriate variety of the species in question on the Community market;

(b) the seedlings have not been treated, since sowing, with any products other than those listed in Annex II, Sections A and B;

(c) the seedlings come from a producer who has accepted an inspection system equivalent to the arrangements laid down in Article 9 and has agreed to apply the restriction in subparagraph (b); this provision shall enter into force on 1 January 1996 ;

(d) after planting, the seedlings must have been cultivated in accordance with the provisions of Article 6 (1) (a) and (b) for a period of at least six weeks before harvesting;

(e) the labelling of any product containing ingredients derived from such seedlings may not include the indication referred to in Article 10;

(f) without prejudice to any restriction resulting from the procedure referred to in paragraph 4, any authorization granted under this paragraph shall be withdrawn as soon as the shortage comes to an end, and shall expire on 31 December 1997 at the latest.

4. (a) Where an authorization as referred to in paragraph 3 has been granted, the Member State shall immediately notify to the other Member State and to the Commission the following information:

• (a) the date of the authorization,

• the name of the variety and species concerned,

• the quantities that are required and the justification for those quantities,

• the expected period of the storage,

• any other information requested by the Commission or the Member States.

(b) If the information submitted by any Member State of the Commission and to the Member State which granted the authorization shows that an appropriate variety is available during the period of the storage, the Member State shall consider withdrawing the authorization or reducing its period of validity, and shall inform the Commission and the other Member States of the measures it has taken, within 10 days of the date of receipt of the information.

(c) At the request of a Member State or at the Commission's initiative, the matter shall be submitted for examination to the Committee referred to in Article 14. It may be decided, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14, that the authorization shall be withdrawn or its period of valdity amended.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1935/95 of 22 June 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91 on organic production of agricultural products and indications referring thereto on agricultural products and foodstuffs.