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►B COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 March 1993
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 Annexes
I and II to Council Directive 66/403/EEC
(93/231/EEC)
(OJ L 106, 30.4.1993, p. 11)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1 Commission Decision 95/21/EC of 2 February 1995 L 28 13 7.2.1995
►M2 Commission Decision 95/76/EC of 10 March 1995 L 60 31 18.3.1995
►M3 Commission Decision 96/332/EC of 3 May 1996 L 127 31 25.5.1996
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COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 March 1993
authorizing, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or
part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringentmeasures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I
and II to Council Directive 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,
Whereas Directive 66/403/EEC has laid down tolerances in respect of
certain harmful organisms;
Whereas the said Directive still permits Member States to subject seed
potatoes of their home production to conditions which are morerigorous;
Whereas Ireland for all its territory, 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 stringent
measures than those provided in Annexes I and II to the said Directive
against certain harmful organisms appears particularly harmful to potatocrops in Ireland, for all its territory, and in Germany and the UnitedKingdom, for certain parts of their territories;
Whereas the Commission, by its Directive 93/17/EEC (
3), has deter-
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 suitable formarketing in the territories of Member States to 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
its territory, 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’ is equivalent to home production intended for seed
potatoes, and
— ‘EEC grade 3’ is equivalent to home production intended for potato
production;
Whereas Ireland, for all its territory, 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;
Whereas such authorization is in accordance with Member States
obligations under the common rules on plant health laid down by1993D0231 — EN — 06.05.1996 — 003.001 — 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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Council 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 Seeds and Propagating
Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States listed in column 1 of the Annex are hereby
authorized, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in the regionslisted against their names in column 2 of the Annex hereto, to restrict themarketing of seed potatoes to basic seed potatoes of the followingCommunity grades determined by Commission 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 implementation
of Council Directive 91/683/EEC (
3).
Article 5
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.1993D0231 — EN — 06.05.1996 — 003.001 — 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 Municipalities of Liminka, Temmes and Tyrnävä
Germany ►M3Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
— Gemeinde Grog 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 (areas above 300m altitude)
United Kingdom — Cumbria, Northumberland (England)
— Northern Ireland
— Scotland1993D0231 — EN — 06.05.1996 — 003.001 — 4
▼M2
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▼M1
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