For determining eligible varieties, reference should be made for the sake of consistency, simplification and good management, to the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species established by Council Directive 70/457/EEC(17), as last amended by Directive 98/96/EC(18), while for the 2000/01 marketing year, reference should be made to the varieties eligible under the previous scheme for the sake of clarity and to maintain continuity.
Pri določanju sort, ki pridejo v poštev, se je treba zaradi doslednosti, poenostavitve in dobrega gospodarjenja sklicevati na skupni katalog sort poljščin, določen z Direktivo Sveta 70/457/EGS, kakor je bila nazadnje spremenjena z Direktivo 98/96/ES, medtem ko se je za tržno leto 2000/01 zaradi jasnosti in kontinuitete treba sklicevati na sorte, ki izpolnjujejo pogoje po prejšnji shemi.