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( 1 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2290/66 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 236 , 26 . 8 . 1978 , P . 13 .

( 3 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2298/66 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 205 , 13 . 8 . 1979 , P . 1 .

( 5 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2309/66 .

( 6 ) OJ NO L 162 , 23 . 6 . 1976 , P . 10 .

( 7 ) OJ NO L 237 , 21 . 9 . 1979 , P . 31 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 26 MARCH 1980

AMENDING FIFTH COUNCIL DECISION 76/539/EEC ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF SEED PRODUCED IN THIRD COUNTRIES

( 80/367/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 66/400/EEC OF 14 JUNE 1966 ON THE MARKETING OF BEET SEED ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 78/692/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 1 ) ( B ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 66/401/EEC OF 14 JUNE 1966 ON THE MARKETING OF FODDER PLANT SEED ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 79/692/EEC ( 4 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 1 ) ( B ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 66/402/EEC OF 14 JUNE 1966 ON THE MARKETING OF CEREAL SEED ( 5 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 79/692/EEC , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 1 ) ( B ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS IN DECISION 76/539/EEC ( 6 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DECISION 79/803/EEC ( 7 ), THE COUNCIL DECLARED THAT SEED OF CERTAIN SPECIES PRODUCED IN 22 THIRD COUNTRIES IS EQUIVALENT TO CORRESPONDING SEED PRODUCED IN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS IT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED THAT IN CHILE ALSO THERE ARE RULES ON SEED CONTROL FOR A RANGE OF PLANT SPECIES ;

WHEREAS AN EXAMINATION OF THE RULES OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRY AND OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY ARE APPLIED HAS SHOWN THAT THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING CERTAIN SEEDS HARVESTED AND CONTROLLED IN THIS COUNTRY AFFORD THE SAME ASSURANCES AS REGARDS THE SEED ' S CHARACTERISTICS , IDENTITY , EXAMINATION , MARKING AND CONTROL AS THE CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SEED HARVESTED AND CONTROLLED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS CHILE SHOULD BE GRANTED EQUIVALENCE ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

THE TABLE IN THE ANNEX TO DECISION 76/539/EEC IS HEREBY AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :

REFERENCE NO 23 GIVEN IN THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION SHALL BE ADDED .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 MARCH 1980 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . MARCORA

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ANNEX

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REF . NO // COUNTRY // AUTHORITY // SPECIES // IN THE COUNTRY // IN THE COMMUNITY // SPECIAL CONDITIONS //

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1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 // 6 // 7 //

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23 // CHILE ( RCH ) // // - BEET // - BASIC SEED // - BASIC SEED // 1 , 3 , 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED // - CERTIFIED SEED // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 6 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - BASIC SEED // - BASIC SEED // 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED , FIRST GENERATION // - CERTIFIED SEED , FIRST GENERATION // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED , SE-COND AND LATER GENERATIONS // - CERTIFIED SEED , SUB-SEQUENT GENERATIONS // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // - RED CLOVER // - BASIC SEED // - BASIC SEED // 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED , FIRST GENERATION // - CERTIFIED SEED , FIRST GENERATION // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED , SE-COND AND LATER GENERATIONS // - CERTIFIED SEED , SUB-SEQUENT GENERATIONS // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - BASIC SEED // - BASIC SEED // 1 , 3 , 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED , FIRST GENERATION // - CERTIFIED SEED ; CERTIFIED SEED , FIRST GENERATION // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

// // // // - CERTIFIED SEED , SE-COND GENERATION ( EXCEPT RYE ) // - CERTIFIED SEED , SECOND GENERATION ( EXCEPT RYE ) // 1 , 3 , 4 ( A ), 5 , 8 , 9 , 10 //

SERVICIO AGRICOLA Y GANADERO , UNIDAD TECNICA DE SEMILLAS ( DEPARTMENT FOR AGRICULTURE AND CATTLE . TECHNICAL DEPARTMENT FOR SEEDS .)

- GRASS SPECIES SUBJECT TO NATIONAL RULES ON VARIETAL CONTROL

- CEREALS , EXCEPT CANARY GRASS , RICE AND MAIZE