Interpretation: European instrumentsU.K.

3.  In these Regulations—

“the Decision” means Commission Decision 2004/842/EC concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted(1) [F1, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/320];

“the Deliberate Release Directive” means Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms(2);

“the Directive” means Council Directive 2002/56/EC on the marketing of seed potatoes(3) [F2, as last amended by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317];

Directive 2008/62/EC” means Commission Directive 2008/62/EC providing for certain derogations for acceptance of agricultural landraces and varieties which are naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion and for marketing of seed and seed potatoes of those landraces and varieties(4);

“Directive 2014/20/EU” means Commission Implementing Directive 2014/20/EU determining Union grades of basic and certified seed potatoes, and the conditions and designations applicable to such grades(5);

[F3Directive 2014/21/EU” means Commission Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU determining minimum conditions and Union Grades for pre-basic seed potatoes;]

“the Food and Feed Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed(6).

(1)

OJ No L 362, 9.12.2004, p 21.

(2)

OJ No L 106, 17.4.2001, p 1, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2015/412 (OJ No L 68, 13.3.2015, p. 1).

(3)

OJ No L 193, 20.7.2002, p 60, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2014/367/EU (OJ No L 178, 18.6.2014, p 26).

(4)

OJ No L 162, 21.6.2008, p 13.

(5)

OJ No L 38, 7.2.2014, p 32.

(6)

OJ No L 268, 18.10.2003, p 1, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 298/2008 (OJ No L 97, 9.4.2008, p 64).