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►B COUNCILDECISION
of17November1997
on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third
countries
(97/788/EC)
(OJ L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 39)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Council Decision 2002/580/EC of 18 June 2002 L 184 26 13.7.2002
►M2Commission Decision 2004/120/EC of 29 January 2004 L 36 57 7.2.2004
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COUNCILDECISION
of17November1997
on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of
varieties carried outinthirdcountries
(97/788/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970
on the common catalogue of varietiesof agricultural plant s pecies(1),
and in particular Article 21 (1) (b) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/458/EEC of 29 September 1970
on the marketing of vegetable seed (2), and in particular Article 32 (1)
(b) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, by Decision 92/420/EEC (3), the Council noted that the offi-
cial checkson practicesfor the maintenance of varietiescarried out in
certain third countries afforded the same guarantees as those carried out
by the Member States; whereas the said Decision expired on 30 June1997;
Whereasit appearsthat the abovementioned checkscarried out in the
thrid countriesreferred to in Decis ion 92/420/EEC, without prejudiceto the fact that the former ‘Czech and Slovak Federal Republic’ wasreplaced by the ‘Czech Republic’ and the ‘Slovak Republic’, continue
to afford the same guarantees as those carried out by the Member
States;
Whereas, in the case of the Republic of Korea, covered by the above-
mentioned Decision, additional information has been requested;whereas additional information has also been requested from theFederal Republic of Yugoslavia;
Whereas it is therefore appropiate, in the case of these countries, to
grant a shorter period of equivalence to allow time for this information
to be supplied and assessed;
Whereas, in the case of certain countries, an examination of the condi-
tionsunder which official checkson practicesfor the maintenance of
varieties of additional species has shown that these checks afford thesame guarantees as those carried out by the Member States;
Whereas the equivalence granted to such countries should be extended
to these additional species;
Whereasit appearspointles sto continue the equivalence granted in
respect of the Republic of Bosnia-Herzegovina as no varieties ofCommuntiy interest are maintained there;
WhereasthisDecis ion in no way preventsCommunity findingson
equivalence from being revoked or the extension of their period of
validity being refused when the conditions on which they are based
are not, or cease to be, satisfied; whereas, to this end, further practicalinformation on seed of the varieties being maintained in the thirdcountry concerned should also be obtained when carrying out Commu-nity comparative tests;
Whereas certain of the technical and administrative provisions in the
Annex may be subject to frequent adjustment; whereas, in order tosimplify the procedure which at present governs amendments to the1997D0788 — EN — 07.02.2004 — 002.001 — 2
(1) OJ L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 1. Directive aslas t amended by the 1994 Act of
Accession.
(2) OJ L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 7. Directive aslas t amended by Directive 96/72/
EC (OJ L 304, 27. 11. 1996, p. 10).
(3) OJ L 231, 13. 8. 1992, p. 22.
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Annex, recourse should be had to the procedure of the Standing
Committee on Seedsand Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horti-culture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The official checkson practicesfor the maintenance of varietiescarried
out in the countriesby the authoritieslis ted in the Annex for the
species covered by the Directives listed therein and concerning thesaid countries shall afford the same guarantees as those carried out bythe Member States.
Article 2
The technical and administrative adjustments to be made to the Annex,
with the exception of those concerning the first column of the table,shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article23 of Directive 70/457/EEC and in Article 40 of Directive 70/458/
EEC.
Article 3
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1997 to 30 June 1999 and from
18 June 2002 to 30 June 2005 in the case of the Republic of Korea andthe Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and from 1 July 1997 to 30 June2005 in the case of the other third countries listed in the Annex.
Article 4
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1997D0788 — EN — 07.02.2004 — 002.001 — 3
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ANNEX
Country (1) Authority responsible for carrying out checks EEC Directives
AR Ministerio de Economía y Obras y Servicios Públicos
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca
Instituto Nacional de Semillas
BuenosAires66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
AU Commonwealth Department of Primary Industries and
Energy
Canberra66/401
69/208
70/458
BG Semena i Possadchen Material
Sofia66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
CA Plant ProductsDivis ion
Division des Produits végétaux
Nepean
Ontario66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
CH Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaftli-
chen
Pflanzenbau
Reckenholz
Zürich
Station fédérale de recherchesen production végétale de
Changins(RAC)
Nyon66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
CL Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero
Departamento de Semillas
Santiago66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
CZ Ustredni kontrolni a zkusebni ustav zemedelsky v Brne
Odbor osiva a sadby
Praha
Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agricul-
ture
Department of seed testing
Praha66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
HR Bc Institute for Breeding and Production of Field Crops
Zagreb66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
HU Orszagos
Mezogazdasagi Minosito Intézet
National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control
1024 Budapest66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
IL Ministry of Agriculture
Plant Protection Servicesand Ins pection
PO Box 78
Bet-Dagan 50250
Israël66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
JP Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
1-2-1 Kasumigaseki
Chiyodaku
Tokyo70/458
KR Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
VegetablesDivis ion
Seoul70/4581997D0788 — EN — 07.02.2004 — 002.001 — 4
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Country (1) Authority responsible for carrying out checks EEC Directives
MA Ministère de l'agriculture et de la mise en valeur agricole
Direction de la protection desvégétaux descontrôles
techniques et de la répression des fraudes
Rabat66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
NZ Ministry of Agriculture
Te Manatu Ahuwhenua Aotearoa
MAF Regulatory Authority
Wellington66/401
PL Inspekcja Nasienna
Centralny Inspektorat
Seed Inspection Service
General Inspectorate
Warszawa66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
RO Ministry of Agriculture and Food
Control and Inspections Department
Bucharest69/208
SI Kmetijski Institut Slovenije
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia
Ljubljana66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
SK Ustredny Kontrolny a Skusobny Ustav Polnohospodarsky
Bratislava66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
TW Council of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Department
Taipei70/458
US United StatesDepartment of Agriculture
Agricultural Research Service
Beltsville, Maryland66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
70/458
UY Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y Pesca
Dirección General de ServiciosAgronómicos
Dirección Granos
Unidad Ejecutora de Semillas
Montevideo66/400
66/401
66/402
69/208
YU Savezno Ministarstvo za Poljoprivredu
Federal Ministry of Agriculture
Beograd►M266/401
66/402
2002/54
2002/57 ◄
ZA Department of Agriculture
Directorate of Plant and Quality Control
Pretoria66/401
66/402
69/208
(1) AR = Argentina
AU = AustraliaBG = BulgariaCA = Canada
CH = Switzerland
CL = ChileCZ = Czech RepublicHR = Republic of CroatiaHU = HungaryIL = IsraelJP = JapanKR = Republic of KoreaMA = MoroccoNZ = New ZealandPL = PolandRO = RomaniaSI = Republic of Slovenia1997D0788 — EN — 07.02.2004 — 002.001 — 5
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SK = Slovak Republic
TW = Taiwan
US = United Statesof America
UY = Uruguay
YU = Federal Republic of YugoslaviaZA = South Africa1997D0788 — EN — 07.02.2004 — 002.001 — 6