26.8.78 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 236/13 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 25 July 1978 amending Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed, cereal seed, seed potatoes, material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, seed of oil and fibre plants and vegetable seed (78/692/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to 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 (1), ' Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2), Whereas, for the reasons given below, certain Directives on the marketing of seeds and propagating material should be amended,; Whereas the present provisions of the Directives relating to the sealing and marking of seeds and propagating material do not take into account technical progress in the sphere of packaging materials, sealing systems and labelling methods; whereas they should therefore be brought up to date; Whereas, in the case of seed potatoes also, samples for the examination of the tubers for certification should be taken officially in accordance with appropriate methods, ' ' HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed (%), as last amended by Directive 78/55/EEC (), shall be amended as follows: 1 (1) OJ No C 183, 1. 8. 1977, p. 64. (2) O] No C 180, 28. 7. 1977, p. 29. (3) O] No 125, 11, 7. 1966, p. 2290/66. (4) OJ No L 16, 20. 1. 1978, p. 23. 2 1. Article 10 (1) shall be replaced by the following: ‘. The Member States shall require that packages of basic seed and. certified seed, except where seed of the lattér category. takes the form of small EEC packages, be sealed officially or under official supervision in such a manner that they cannot be opened without damaging the sealing system or leaving evidence of tampering on either the official label provided for in Article 11 (1) or the package. In order to ensure sealing, the sealing system shall comprise at least either the abovementioned label or the affixing of an official seal. The measures provided for in the second subparagraph shall not be necessary where a non-reusable sealing system is used. . In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21, it may be established whether a particular sealing system fulfils the provisions of this paragraph.’ 2. In the first sentence of Article 10 (2), the words ‘or under official supervision’ shall be inserted after ‘officially’. 3.  Article 10 (3) shall be replaced by the following: ‘3. The Member States shall require that small EEC packages be sealed in such a manner that they cannot be opened without damaging the sealing system or leaving evidence of tampering on the label or package. In accordance with the  procedure laid down in Article 21, it may be established whether a particular sealing system complies with the provisions of this paragraph. Packages shall not be resealed on one or more occasions except under official supervision.’