Artykuł 23

Państwa Członkowskie, nie później niż do dnia 1 lipca 1968 r., wprowadzają w życie przepisy ustawowe, wykonawcze i administracyjne niezbędne do wykonania przepisów art. 14 ust. 1 oraz nie później niż do dnia 1 lipca 1969 r., przepisy niezbędne do wykonania innych przepisów niniejszej dyrektywy i jej załączników. Niezwłocznie powiadamiają o tym Komisję.

The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized to comply, in respect of the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, with the following:

— Article 3 (1), in the case of:

— seed harvested prior to German unification or after unification insofar as the seed production fields had been sown before that date,

— other seed if it is certified in accordance with Article 2 (2) (c);

— Article 8 (2), in the case of the restriction to‘small quantities’;

— Article 13 (1), in the case of seed of‘Hordeum vulgare L.’;

— Article 16, within the limits of the traditional trade flows and in response to the production needs of undertakings in the former German Democratic Republic,

at a date later than referred to above, but not later than 31 December 1992 in respect of the first and fourth indents and not later than 31 December 1994 in respect of the second and third indents.

The Federal Republic of Germany shall ensure that seed in respect of which it applies this authorization, other than seed specified in the second sub-indent of the first indent, is not introduced into parts of the Community other than the territory of the former German Democratic Republic unless it is established that the provisions of this Directive are complied with.