26. 9. 87 Official Journal of the European Communities . No L 273/45 . COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 9 September 1987 - amending Council Directive 70/458/EEC on the marketing of vegetable seed (87/481/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 87/120/EEC (3), and in particular Article 40a thereof, ‘Whereas, in the light of the development of scientific and technical knowledge, it is desirable to amend the condi- tions laid down in Annex I to Directive 70/458/EEC for crop isolation for the production of spinach beet seed and beetroot seed ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are " in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agri- culture, Horticulture and Forestry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: / Article 1 Annex I (4) to Directive 70/458/EEC is hereby amended as follows : ‘ 1. The following item is inserted: ‘A. Beta vulgaris 1. From any pollen sources of the genus Beta not_ included below i 1 000 metres; 2. From pollen sources of varie- ties of the same subspecies belonging to a different group of varieties : ’ (a) for basic seed (b) for certified seed 3. From pollen sources of varie- ties of the same subspecies belonging to the same group of varieties : 1 000 metres, 600 metres ; (a) for basic seed (b) for certified seed The groups of varieties referred to in 2 and 3 shall be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 40. 600 metres, 300 metres. 2. The existing item A is redesignated ‘Aa’ and the words ‘Beta and’ are deleted wherever they appear. Article 2 Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive not later than 1 July 1989. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. Article 3 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 September 1987. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President () OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 7. () OJ No L 49, 18. 2. 1987, p. 39.