Official Journal of the European Communities 57 No L 48’8 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.2.69 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 18 February 1969 amending the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (69/63/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard <o the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43 and 100 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament!; Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Comittee; ’ Whereas cerzain provisions of the Council Directive of 14 June 19662 on the marketing of fodder plant seed should be amended; Whereas it is appropriate to amplify the provisional measures ard to authorise the use of seed of generations prior td basic seed; Whereas it is necessary to include new species of fodder plant seed in the Directive and to fix minimum requirements for them; Whereas, if certain species of seed are not normally reproduced or marketed in the territory of a Member State, provision should be made for release of that State, under thz procedure of the Standing Committee on Secds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, from the obligation to apply that Directive in respect of the species in question; Whereas, in respact of commercial seed, certain requirements as regards marking should be reduced and the colour of the label should be altered; 1t O] No C 108, 19.10.1968, p. 30. 2 O] No 123, 11.7.1366, p. 2298/66. HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 The Council Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed shall be amended as prescribed in the following Articles. Article 2 Article 3 ‘(b) Leguminosae Hedysarum coron- arium L. Lotus corniculatus L. Lupinus spec. except Lupinus perennis L. Medicago lupulina L. Medicago sativa L. Medicago varia Martyn Onobrychis sativa Lam. Pisum arvense L. Trifolium alexand- rinum L. Trifolium bybridum L. Trifolium incarnatum L. Trifolium pratense L. Trifolium repens L. Trifolium resupinatum L. Trigonella foenum- graecum L. : Vicia spec. except Vicia faba major L. The English text does not require the amendment made by this Article, Article 2 shall be renumbered Article 2 (1). The following shall be substituted for Article (1) (A) (b): Legumes Sulla Birdsfoot trefoil Lupins, except perennial lupin Black medick Lucerne Lucerne Sainfoin Field pea Berseem, Egyptian clover Alsike clover Crimson clover Red clover White clover | Persian clover Fenugreek Vetches and beans except broad beans.’