. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/81 
20 April 2005 
 (05-1623) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point 
Fax: (+0032) 2 299 80 43 E-mail: ec-tbt@cec.eu.int  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Seed of field pea, of 
field bean and of linseed 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Pisum 
sativum, Vicia faba and Linum usitatissimum not satisfying the requirements of Council 
Directives 66/401/EEC or 2002/57/EC respectively, (5 pages, in English). 
6. Description of content:   The Decision authorises the Member States to permit the 
marketing of seed of field pea, of field bean and of linseed subject to less stringent 
requirements than those provided in the Eur opean Communities acts mentioned under point 
5 for a limited period 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   In 
Finland the quantity of available seed of field pea ( Pisum sativum), of field bean ( Vicia 
faba) and of linseed ( Linum usitatissimum ) suitable to the national climatic conditions and 
which satisfies the germination capacity requirements of Directives 66/401/EEC or 
2002/57/EC respectively is insufficient and is th erefore not adequate to meet the needs of 
that Member State.  It is not possible to meet the demand for seed of these species 
satisfactorily with seed from other Member States or from third countries which satisfies all the requirements laid down in Directives 66/401/EEC or 2002/57/EC respectively. Therefore Member States should be permitted to allow placing on the market of seed of field pea, of field bean and of linseed subject to less stringent requirements for a limited period.  The urgency of the measure is due to the short time period between seed 
certification exercise, when the shortage was identified, and the sowing season G/TBT/N/EEC/81 
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 8. Relevant documents:   doc. SANCO/443/05 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }20 April 2005 
10. Final date for comments:   5 days from the date of notification 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission, 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int