NoL261/14 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 18.9.91
COMMISSION DECISION
'of4September1991
amendingDecision90/52/EECauthorizingMemberStatestemporarilytotake
additionalmeasuresasregardsDenmarkagainstthedissemination of
Corynebacteríum sepedonicum
(91/489/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective77/93/EECof21
December1976onprotectivemeasuresagainsttheintro­
ductionintotheMemberStatesoforganismsharmfulto
plantsorplantproducts('),aslastamendedbyCommis­
sionDirective91/27/EEC(2),andinparticularArticle15
(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective80/665/EECof24
June1980onthecontrolofpotatoringrot(3),andin
particularArticle9(2)thereof,
HavingregardtoCommissionDecision90/52//EEof
17January1990authorizingMemberStatestemporarily
totakeadditionalmeasuresasregardsDenmarkagainst
thedissemination ofCorynebacterium sepedonicumand
repealingDecision88/36/EEC(4),andinparticular
Article3thereof,
Whereas,whereaMemberStateconsidersthatthereisan
imminentdangeroftheintroductionintoitsterritoryof
potatoringrotfromanotherMemberState,itmaytem­
porarilytakeanyadditionalmeasuresnecessarytoprotect
itselffromthatdanger; '
WhereasaMemberStatemayalsotakesuchmeasures
whereanotherMemberStateinformsitofconfirmed
contamination bypotatoringrot;
Whereasitwaswellknownthatpotatoringrothad
occurredinDenmarkformorethan25years;
WhereasDenmarkimplemented aneradication
programme ;
Whereas,inparticular,since1984theentirepotatostock
materialwasrenewedbycleanedandhealthymaterial;
whereassince1986bothseedpotatoesandwarepotatoes
maybeproducedinDenmarkonlywheretheyderive
fromsuchcleanedandhealthystockmaterial;Whereas,moreover,Denmarksetupappropriateproduc­
tion,processinganddistributionstructures,aimedat
preventingreinfectionsofpotatoesproducedunderthe
aboveconditions ;
Whereastheresultsofintensiveofficialsurveys,including
testingcarriedoutinaccordancewiththeestablished
Communitymethodforthedetectionanddiagnosisof
Corynebacterium sepedonicum ,carriedoutinDenmark
onpotatoesharvestedtheresince1986,justifiedthe
conclusionthatpotatoesproducedinDenmarkatleast
since1986couldbedeemedtobefreefrompotatoring
rot;
WhereasDenmarkinformedtheotherMemberStatesand
theCommissionthatsamplesofthe1988warepotato
productionshowedaconfirmedcontamination bypotato
ringrot,includingthoseofaconsignmentintroduced
intoanotherMemberState;
WhereastakingintoaccountthatsituationtheCommis­
sion,byDecision90/52/EEC,authorizedtheMember
Statestotakeadditionalmeasuresdescribedtherein;
WhereasthatDecisionalsostipulatedthatMemberStates
shalladjustthemeasureswhichtheyadoptedwithaview
toprotectingthemselvesagainsttheintroductionor
spreadofCorynebacterium sepedonicum ;
WhereasthatDecisionstipulatedthattheauthorization
shallexpireon30June1991;
WhereastheCommission andtheotherMemberStates
wereinformedthatasampleofthe1990seedpotato
productionofDenmark,takenfromaconsignmentintro­
ducedintoanotherMemberState,showedaconfirmed
contamination byCorynebacterium sepedonicum ;
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Whereastheresultsofintensiveofficialsurveys,carried
outinDenmarkonpotatoesharvestedin1990also
showedaconfirmedcontamination bypotatoringrot;
Whereasithasnotyetbeenpossibletoidentifythe
precisesourceofcontamination ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecisionarein
accordancewiththeopinionoftheStandingCommittee
onPlantHealth,(')OJNoL26,31.!.1977,p.20.
(2)OJNoL16,22.1.1991,p.29.
(3)OJNoI180,14.7.1980,p.30.
(4)OJNoL36,8.2.1990,p.23.

18.9.91 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL261/15
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Decision90/52/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1.inArticle1(1),'30June1991'isreplacedby*31
December1991';
2.inArticle1(2)(b),'90/52/EEC'isreplacedby
'91/489/EEC';3.Article2isdeleted.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,4September1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission
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