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Article 344

1 . The Portuguese Republic shall be authorized to postpone the application in its territory of the following Directives , in accordance with the following timetable :

( a ) until 31 December 1988 at the latest , as far as the following Directives are concerned :

- 66/401/EEC on the marketing of fodder plant seed , for the species Lolium multiflorum lam . , Lolium perenne L . and Vicia sativa L . ;

- 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed , for the species Hordeum vulgare L . , Oryza sativa L . , Triticum aestivum L . , emend . Fiori and Pool . Triticum durum desf . and Zea maïs L . ;

- 70/457/EEC on the common catalogue of varieties of species of agricultural seedlings , for the species referred to in the foregoing indents ;

( b ) until 31 December 1990 at the latest , as far as the following Directives are concerned :

- 66/400/EEC on the marketing of beet seed ,

- 66/401/EEC , for the species other than those referred to in the first indent of ( a ) ,

- 66/402/EEC , for the species other than those referred to in the second indent of ( a ) ,

- 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes ,

- 66/404/EEC on the marketing of forest reproductive material ,

- 68/193/EEC on the marketing of the material for the vegetative propagation of the vine ,

- 69/208/EEC on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants ,

- 70/457/EEC , for the species other than those referred to in the third indent of ( a ) ,

- 70/458/EEC on the marketing of vegetable seed ,

- 71/161/EEC on external quality standards for forest reproductive material marketed within the Community .

2 . The Portuguese Republic :

( a ) shall take all the necessary measures to conform progressively , and at the latest on the expiry of the periods referred to in paragraph 1 , with the provisions of the Directives mentioned in that paragraph ;

( b ) may limit , before expiry of the periods referred to in paragraph 1 , either totally or in part , the marketing of seeds or seedlings to the varieties admitted for marketing in its territory . As far as the species referred to by Directives 70/457/EEC and 70/458/EEC are concerned , the varieties admitted for marketing in its territory as from 1 March 1986 shall be those appearing on the list notified in the Conference .

Throughout the periods granted to the Portuguese Republic for it to conform to the two abovementioned Directives , that Member State shall extend the list each year in such a way as to ensure that the Portuguese market is progressively opened to the other varieties entered in the common catalogues ;

( c ) shall export to the territory of the present Member States only those seeds and seedlings which conform with Community provisions ;

( d ) shall subject seeds and seedlings imported from third countries :

- to Community conditions established on the basis of equivalence , and

- as far as variety is concerned , at least to the same marketing restrictions as those applied to the varieties entered in the common catalogues .

3 . Throughout the duration of the derogations referred to in paragraph 1 , the progressive liberalization of trade in seeds and seedlings of certain species between Portugal and the Community as at present constituted may be decided upon according to the procedure of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture , Horticulture and Forestry . This liberalization shall concern in the first instance seeds which are the subject , before accession , of a Community decision on equivalance . This liberalization shall concern other species once it appears that the conditions necessary for such liberalization have been met .