Forages

Forage plants:

Fodder plants

Forage plants

Forage

fodder plants ( 2 )

Fodder crops and fallow

OTHER FORAGES

(7) fodder plants

18 Forage plants:

D/18 Forage plants

Fodder plants: plants of the following genera and species:

other forage plants

Other fodder plants

Other forage plants

(7) fodder plants ( 10 )

Other fodder plants:

D/18 (forage plants) +

Straw and forage

fodder plant

(iii) other forage plants

All green forage crops grown in crop rotation and occupying the same land for less than five years (annual or multiannual feed crops).

fodder maize and other green fodder (green, dried or preserved),

Fodder plant harvested in third countries may be included in the comparative tests.

if it is not intended for use as fodder plants, in which case the mixtures may contain seeds of fodder plants and seeds of plants which are not fodder plants within the meaning of this Directive;

fodder-growing

This Directive should include certain species which may be fodder plants or oil plants as well as vegetables.

Other predominantly annual fodder crops (e.g. vetches, green maize, cereals harvested and/or green, leguminous plants).

Directive 66/401/EEC contains a list of the genera and species of plants which are considered as fodder plants within the meaning of that Directive.

D/18b other green fodder

D/18b (iii) other forage plants

Member States may authorise the marketing of fodder plant seed in the form of blends composed of various genera and species of fodder plant seed or of blends containing seed of plants which are not fodder plants within the meaning of this Directive, provided that the various components of the blend complied, before blending, with the marketing regulations applicable to them.

if it is intended for use in the preservation of the natural environment in the context of the conservation of genetic resources referred to in Article 22a(b), in which case the mixtures may contain seeds of fodder plants and seeds of plants which are not fodder plants within the meaning of the Directive.

if it is intended for use as fodder plants, in which case the mixture may contain seeds of plant species listed in Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 69/208/EEC or 70/458/EEC, with the exception of the varieties mentioned in Article 4(2)(a) of Directive 70/457/EEC;

fodder by-products (straw, chaff, plant leaves and ends and other fodder by-products).

which is intended for purposes other than the production of seed of fodder plants;

Aid fixed in accordance with Article 3 of Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 shall be granted as specified in the following articles in respect of basic seed and certified seed: - as defined in the Council Directive of 14 June 19663 on the marketing of fodder plant seed, as last amended by the Directive of 30 March 1971;

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (66/401/EEC)

Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (5),

This Directive shall not apply to fodder plant seed shown to be intended for export to third countries.

'2. Fodder plant seed which has been harvested in the Community and which is intended for certification in accordance with paragraph 1 shall:

Whereas fodder plant production occupies an important place in the agriculture of the European Economic Community;

whereas to this end certain Member States have for some time restricted the marketing of fodder plant seed to high-quality seed;

restrict the marketing of certified fodder plant seed to that of the first generation after basic seed;

Whereas satisfactory results in fodder plant cultivation depend to a large extent on the use of appropriate seed;

This Directive shall apply to the production with a view to marketing, and to the marketing, of fodder plant seed within the Community.`;

for the acceptance of varieties of grasses if the breeder declares that the seed of his variety is not intended for the production of fodder plants;

Each Member State shall establish a list of the varieties of fodder plant officially accepted for certification in its territory;

66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, for the species Lolium multiflorum lam., Lolium perenne L. and Vicia sativa L.;

Whereas certain Member States need blends of fodder plant seed of several genera and species for special uses;