# Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed, Part B: DEADLINES FOR TRANSPOSITION INTO NATIONAL LAW

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom, 1 July 1973; for Greece, 1 January 1986; for Spain, 1 March 1986; and for Portugal, 1 January 1991.
1 January 1995 for Austria, Finland and Sweden.
However:
Finland and Sweden may postpone until 31 December 1995 at the latest, the application in their territories of this Directive with regard to the marketing in their territories of seeds of varieties listed in their respective national catalogues of varieties of agricultural plant species and varieties of vegetable plant species which have not been officially accepted in accordance with the provisions of this Directive. Seeds of such varieties shall not be allowed to be marketed in the territory of the other Member States during this period,
varieties of agricultural and vegetable plant species which, at the date of accession or subsequently, are listed in both the respective national catalogues of Finland and Sweden and in the common catalogues, shall not be subject to any marketing restrictions as regards variety,
throughout the period mentioned in the first indent, those varieties in the respective national catalogues of Finland and Sweden which have been officially accepted in accordance with the provisions of the abovementioned Directive shall be included in the common catalogues of varieties of agricultural or vegetable plant species, respectively.
Remaining stocks of labels bearing the abbreviation ‘EEC’ may continue to be used until 31 December 2001.
Directive
Deadline for transposition
70/458/EEC
1 July 1972
71/162/EEC
1 July 1972
72/274/EEC
1 July 1972 (Article 1)
1 January 1973 (Article 2)
72/418/EEC
1 January 1973 (Article 6(13) and 6(18))
1 July 1972 (other provisions)
73/438/EEC
1 January 1974 (Article 6(4))
1 July 1974 (other provisions)
76/307/EEC
1 July 1975
78/55/EEC
1 July 1977 (Article 7(5))
1 July 1979 (other provisions)
78/692/EEC
1 July 1977 (Article 7)
1 July 1979 (other provisions)
79/641/EEC
1 July 1980
79/692/EEC
1 July 1977
79/967/EEC
1 July 1982
80/1141/EEC
1 July 1980
86/155/EEC
1 March 1986 (Article 6(3) and 6(8))
1 July 1987 (other provisions)
87/120/EEC
1 July 1988
87/481/EEC
1 July 1989
88/332/EEC
88/380/EEC
1 July 1982 (Article 7(9))
1 January 1986 (Article 7(6) and 7(10))
1 July 1992 (Article 7(18))
1 July 1990 (other provisions)
90/654/EEC
96/18/EC
1 July 1996
96/72/EC
1 July 1997
98/95/EC
1 February 2000 (Corrigendum OJ L 126, 20.5.1999, p. 23)
98/96/EC
1 February 2000

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2002/55/annex/VI/part/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2002-55/annex-VI/part-B
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