20 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 287/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 26.12.72 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 6 December 1972 amending the Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed, of fodder-crop seed, of cereal seed, of seed potatoes, the Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of oleaginous and fibrous plant seed, and the Directives of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed and on the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species (72/418/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNI- TIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and parti- cularly 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 Committee; : Whereas, for the reasons set out hereunder, certain provisions of the Directives referred to below and last amended by the Directive of 20 July 1972' should be amended: Council Directives of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of, respectively, beet seed,? fodder-crop seed,? cereal seed,? seed potatoes®; Council Directive of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of oleaginous and fibrous plant seed®; Council Directives of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed” and on the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species8; Whereas it is necessary to provide that, in certain circumstances, bred seed of generations prior to basic seed and plants, admitted for marketing in the different Member States and O] No L 171, 29.7.1972, p. 37. O] No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2290/66. O] No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66. O] No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66. O] No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2320/66. O] No L 169, 10.7.1969, p. 3. 0] No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 7. O] No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. M o~ D WD in accordance with the aforesaid Directives, should no longer be ‘subject to marketing restrictions between the Member States; Whereas the application of the procedure provided for in the aforesaid Directives in order to remove temporary difficulties in the supply of basic seeds and plants or of certified seeds and plants has shown that these diffi- culties could be more easily overcome by admitting not only seeds and plants of an inferior quality, but also seeds and plants of varieties not included in the Common Catalogue of Varieties or in the national Catalogue of Varieties; Whereas the application of the aforesaid Directives has given rise to difficulties during the importation of seeds and plants in the various Member States, because in each of them the descriptions required from the im- porter differ, whereas these descriptions should therefore be harmonised; Whereas the particulars, in particular of quantities, which must appear on the label of certain seed species listed in the aforesaid Directives should be amended, and instead of a document inside the container, the use of an adhesive label for all species should be adopted; Whereas seed intended for the production of plants for ornamental use should be excluded from the application of the Directive on the marketing of cereal seed, as in the case of the other similar Directives; Whereas in the Directive on the marketing of seed potatoes the provisions on packing and grading require certain adjustments; whereas the prescribed examinations should be extended to certain harmful and dangerous organisms;