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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
Nopage 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
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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 tothe 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 tosubject 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 thoseregions;
Whereas it can be assumed from previous experiences that the
marketing of seed potatoes of categories which do not meet morestringent measures than those provided in Annexes I and II to the saidDirective against certain harmful organisms appears particularlyharmful to potato crops in Ireland, for all its territory, and in Germanyand the United Kingdom, 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 suitablefor marketing in the territories of Member States to be authorizedpursuant toArticle 13 (2) o f 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 partsof their territories, in respect of their home production of seed potatoesand 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 theCommunity’s basic potato grades established by Directive 93/17/EEC;
(1) OJ No125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
(2) OJ NoL 54, 5. 3. 1993, p. 21.
(3) See p. 7 of the present Official Journal.
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Whereas such authorization is in accordance with Member States obli-
gations under the common rules on plant health laid down by CouncilDirective 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 PropagatingMaterial for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Member States listed 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 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.
(1) OJ NoL 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.
(2) OJ NoL 363, 11. 12. 1992, p. 1.
(3) OJ NoL 376, 31. 12. 1991, p. 29.
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ANNEX
1 2
Member State Region
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Finland Municipalities of Liminka, Temmes and Tyrnävä
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Germany Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
— Grimmen:
Wendisch Baggendorf, Gransebieth, Deyelsdorf, Grammendorf, Rackow,
Grimmen-Land (westlich der Bahnstrecke), Splietsdorf
— Greifswald:
Züssow, Gribow, Ranzin, Karlsburg, Lühmannsdorf, Wrangelsburg,
Lüssow, Ortsteil Owstin der Stadt Gützkow
— Stralsund:
Tribees, Hugoldsdorf, Drechow, Gremersdorf, Siemersdorf
— Rostock:
Sanitz, Groß Lüsewitz, Kavelstorf, Dummerstorf, Rappelin, Niek-
renz,Ortsteil Prangendorf der Gemeinde Cammin, Gubkow, Grammow,Thelkow, Nustrow, Ortsteil Vilz der Gemeinde Selpin, Kowalz
— Ribnitz-Damgarten:
Böhlendorf, Langsdorf, Breesen, Ortsteil Schlemmin der Gemeinde
Semlow
— Bad Doberan:
Kröpelin, Bastorf, Ortsteil Vorder Bollhagen der Stadt Bad
Doberan,Wittenbeck, Steffenshagen, Kühlungsborn, Reddelich, Jenne-witz
— Güstrow:
Sabel, Hohen Sprenz, Weitendorf, Kuhs, Lüssow, Sarmstorf,
Güstrow,Mistorf, Groß Schiesow
— Lübz:
Karow
— Anklam:
Klein Bünzow, Schmatzin, Krien, Krusenfelde, Iven, Neuendorf B,
Medow, Nerdin, Ortsteil Görke der Gemeinde Postlow, Neetzow, Stein-mocker, Liepen, Stolpe, Pelsin
— Demmin:
Hohenbrünzow, Hohenmocker, Daberkow, Völschow, Plötz, Kartlow,
Kruckow, Schmarsow, Alt Tellin, Tutow, Bentzin, Jarmen, Kletzin, Quit-zerow, Wüstenfelde, Lindenhof, Beggerow, Verchen, Schönfeld, OrtsteilLindenfelde der Stadt Demmin
— Altentreptow:
Bartow, Breest, Grapsow, Grischow, Werden, Siedenbollentin, Breesen,
Wildberg, Pinnow, Groß Teetzleben, Tützpatz, Altenhagen, Wolde, Rein-berg
— Schwerin:
Ruthenbeck, Ortsteil Hof Barnin der Gemeinde Barnin, Prestin der
Gemeinde Bülow, Demen, Wessin
Ireland Entire territory
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Portugal Azores (areas above 300m altitude)
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United Kingdom — Cumbria, Northumberland (England)
— Northern Ireland— Scotland