EUR-Lex - 31968R0190 - EN

Article 1

1. For the purpose of Articles 8 and 14 of Regulation No 224/67/EEC, colza and rape seed and mixtures of products falling within heading No 12.01 of the Common Customs Tariff which contain at least 2 % by weight of colza or rape seed shall be regarded as having been denatured where at least 2 % yellow millet and 5 % canary seed have been added to and duly mixed with those seeds.

1. Where colza and rape seed or the mixtures referred to in paragraph 1 contain less than 2 % yellow millet or less than 5 % canary seed, these seeds and mixtures shall be regarded as having been imported from third countries.

Article 2

1. Where the denaturing process referred to in Article 1 is effected in a Member State, it shall be carried out under the supervision of the competent authorities of that Member State.

1. Member States may determine the minimum quantities that may be denatured.

Article 3

In the first month of each quarter each Member State shall notify the Commission of the quantities of seeds or mixtures from third countries imported in a denatured from or subjected to the denaturing process during the preceding quarter. If, however, a Member State considers that these quantities of seeds and mixtures bear no relation to the quantities which can normally be used for purposes for which denaturing is necessary, that Member State shall immediately inform the Commission. 1OJ No 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. 2OJ No 197, 29.10.1966, p. 3393/66. 3OJ No 136, 30.6.1967, p. 2913/67. 4OJ No L 43, 17.2.1968, p. 11. 5OJ No 177, 2.8.1967, p. 3. 6OJ No 244, 10.10.1967, p. 8.

Article 4

Regulation No 686/67/EEC is hereby repealed.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 February 1968.

For the Commission

The President

Jean REY