Commission Implementing Directive 2012/1/EU of 6 January 2012 amending Annex I to Council Directive 66/402/EEC as regards the conditions to be satisfied by the crop Oryza sativa Text with EEA relevance

In Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC, point 3.A. is replaced by the following: ‘A. Oryza sativa: The number of plants which are recognisable as obviously being infected by Fusarium fujikuroi shall not exceed: 2 per 200 m2 for the production of basic seed, 4 per 200 m2 for the production of certified seed, first generation, 8 per 200m2 for the production of certified seed, second generation. The number of plants which are recognisable as obviously being wild or red-grain plants shall not exceed: 0 for the production of basic seed, 1 per 100 m2 for the production of certified seed, first and second generation,’

1 Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 May 2012 at the latest. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions and a correlation table between those provisions and this Directive. 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 texts of the main provisions of national law, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

This Directive shall enter into force on the seventh day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.