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►B COMMISSIONDECISION
of30March1993
authorizing, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain
Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in
AnnexesIandIItoCouncilDirective 66/403/EEC
(93/231/EEC)
(OJ L 106, 30.4.1993, p. 11)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Commission Decision 95/21/EC of 2 February 1995 L 28 13 7.2.1995
►M2Commission Decision 95/76/EC of 10 March 1995 L 60 31 18.3.1995
►M3Commission Decision 96/332/EC of 3 May 1996 L 127 31 25.5.1996
►M4Commission Decision 2003/242/EC of 3 April 2003 L 89 24 5.4.2003
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COMMISSIONDECISION
of30March1993
authorizing, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or
part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringentmeasuresagainstcertaindiseasesthanareprovidedforinAnnexes
IandIItoCouncilDirective 66/403/EEC
(93/231/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on
the marketing of seed potatoes (1), as last amended by Commission
Directive 93/3/EEC (2), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by Germany, Ireland and the
United Kingdom,
WhereasDirective 66/403/EEC haslaid down tolerancesin res pect of
certain harmful organisms;
Whereas the said Directive still permits Member States to subject seed
potatoesof their home production to conditionswhich are morerigorous;
WhereasIreland for all itsterritory, and Germany and the United
Kingdom in respect of certain parts of their territories, wish to availthemselves of the provisions of the said Directive in respect of certainorganisms which appear particularly harmful to potato crops in those
regions;
Whereas it can be assumed from previous experiences that the
marketing of seed potatoes of categories which do not meet more strin-
gent measures than those provided in Annexes I and II to the said
Directive against certain harmful organisms appears particularlyharmful to potato cropsin Ireland, for all itsterritory, and in Germanyand the United Kingdom, for certain partsof their territories ;
Whereas the Commission, by its Directive 93/17/EEC (
3), hasdeter-
mined Community grades of basic seed potatoes, together with theconditions and the designations applicable to such grades; whereas theseed potatoes belonging to such grades should be considered suitablefor marketing in the territoriesof Member Statesto be authorized
pursuant to Article 13 (2) of the said Directive 66/403/EEC;
Whereas from a comparison of the measures taken in Ireland, for all of
itsterritory, and in Germany and the United Kingdom, for certain parts
of their territories, in respect of their home production of seed potatoes
and the Community EEC grades of basic seed potatoes, it can beassumed that:
— ‘EEC grade 1’ satisfies more stringent conditions,
— ‘EEC grade 2’ isequivalent to home production intended for s eed
potatoes, and
— ‘EEC grade 3’ isequivalent to home production intended for potato
production;
WhereasIreland, for all itsterritory, and Germany and the United
Kingdom, for certain parts of their territories, should therefore beauthorized to restrict the marketing of seed potatoes only to the
Community's basic potato grades established by Directive 93/17/EEC;
Whereass uch authorization isin accordance with Member Statesobli-
gationsunder the common ruleson plant health laid down by Council1993D0231 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 004.001 — 2
(1) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
(2) OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1993, p. 21.
(3) See p. 7 of the present Official Journal.
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Directive 77/93/EEC (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 92/
103/EEC (2);
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance
with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seedsand Propagating
Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member Stateslis ted in column 1 of the Annex are hereby author-
ized, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in the regions listedagainst their names in column 2 of the Annex hereto, to restrict themarketing of seed potatoes to basic seed potatoes of the followingCommunity gradesdetermined by Commis s ion Directive 93/17/EEC:
(a) for seed potato production to ‘EEC grade 1’, or ‘EEC grade 2’;
(b) for potato production to ‘EEC grade 1’, ‘EEC grade 2’, or ‘EEC
grade 3’.
Article 2
The Member States concerned shall set up a permanent system of
regular surveys designed to ensure consistent compliance with theconditions governing authorization and shall prepare reports; theCommission shall monitor that system.
Article 3
The authorization pursuant to Article 1 shall be withdrawn as soon as it
is established that the conditions thereof are no longer satisfied.
Article 4
This Decision shall apply from the date provided for the implementa-
tion of Council Directive 91/683/EEC (
3).
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1993D0231 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 004.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.
(2) OJ No L 363, 11. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(3) OJ No L 376, 31. 12. 1991, p. 29.
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ANNEX
12
Member State Region
Finland ►M4Municipalitiesof Liminka and Tyrnävä ◄
Germany ►M3Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
— Gemeinde Groß Lüsewitz
— Ortsteile Lindenhof und Pentz der Gemeinde
Metschow
— Gemeinden Böhlendorf, Breesen, Langsdorf
sowie Ortsteil Grammow der Gemeinde
Grammow
— Gemeinden Hohenbrünzow, Hohenmocker,
Ortsteil Ganschendorf der Gemeinde Sarow
sowie Ortsteil Leistenow der Gemeinde Utzedel
— Gemeinden Ranzin, Lüssow und Gribow— Gemeinde Pelsin ◄
Ireland Entire territory
Portugal Azores(areasabove 300m altitude)
United Kingdom — Cumbria, Northumberland (England)
— Northern Ireland— Scotland1993D0231 — EN — 05.04.2003 — 004.001 — 4
▼M2
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▼M1
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