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16.8.72 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL186/43
FIRSTCOUNCILDECISION
of20July1972
ontheequivalenceofseedpotatoesproducedinthirdcountries
(72/294/EEC)
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Itisherebydeclaredthat,wherethespecial
conditionslaiddownintheAnnextothisDecision
aresatisfied,seedpotatoesharvestedinthecountries
andofficiallycontrolledbytheauthoritieslistedin
theAnnextothisDecisionandbelongingtothe
categoriesspecifiedthereinareequivalenttoseed
potatoesofcorresponding categoriesharvestedwithin
theCommunityandcomplyingwiththeCouncil
Directiveof14June1966onthemarketingofseed
potatoes.
Article2THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof14June
19661onthemarketingofseedpotatoes,aslast
amendedbytheCouncilDirectiveof30March
1971,2andinparticularArticle15(1)thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission ;
WhereasthereareatpresentrulesinAustriaand
Switzerlandonvarietalandqualitycontrolsforseed
potatoes;
Whereasthoserulesandthemannerinwhichthey
areappliedhavebeenreviewed;whereasthisreview
hasestablishedthattheconditionsgoverningseed
potatoesharvestedandcontrolledinthosecountries
asregardstheircharacters,andthearrangementsfor
theirexamination,forensuringtheiridentity,for
markingandforcontrolaffordthesameassurances
asseedpotatoesharvestedandcontrolledwithinthe
Community ;
Whereas,ifitbecomesapparentthattheconditions
onwhichCommunitydeterminations arebasedare
notorarenolongersatisfied,thosedeterminations
willberevokedortheperiodoftheirvaliditywillnot
beextended;
Whereasfurtherpracticalinformationonseed
potatoesproducedintheabovementioned countries
shouldthereforebeobtainedbygrowingand
checkingsamplesofsuchseedincomparative
Communitytests;ThisDecisionshallapplyfrom1September1972to
30June1975.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,20July1972.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
T.WESTERTERP
1OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2320/66.
2OJNoL87,17.4.1971,p.24.

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ANNEX
Categories
Order
NoCountry Serviceinthe
Countryconcernedinthe
CommunitySpecial
conditions
1 2 3 4 5 6
1Austria —Burgenländische Landwirtschaftskammer
Eisenstadt
—Landwirtschaftskammer fürKärnten,
Klagenfurt
—Niederösterreichische Landes-Land­
wirtschaftskammer ,"Wien
—Landwirtschaftskammer fürOberöster­
reich,Linz/O.Ö.
—Landeskammer fürLand-undForst­
wirtschaftSteiermark,Graz
—Landeskammer fürTirol,InnsbruckElite
Original
—KlasseA
—KlasseBBasic
seed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoes1,2,3,4
1,2,4,4
-—KammerfürLand-undForstwirtschaft
inSalzburg,Salzburg
—Landwirtschaftskammer fürVorarlberg
Bregenz
—WienerLandwirtschaftskammer ,Wien
2Switzerland —Stationfédéralederecherchesagronomi­
ques,Lausanne
—Eidgenössische Landwirtschaftliche
Forschungsanstalt ,Zürich-RechenholzPlants
,certifiés
—ClasseA
—ClasseBCertified
seed
potatoes1,2,3,4
SPECIALCONDITIONS
1.Seedpotatoesshallbeofficiallycertifiedandtheircontainersofficiallysealedandmarkedin
accordancewithnationalprovisions .SeedpotatoesshallmeettherequirementsofCommunity
rulesandconformtotheEuropeanstandardforseedpotatoesrecommended bytheWorking
PartyonStandardization ofPerishableFoodstuffsoftheEconomicCommissionforEurope.
2.FieldinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyStateauthoritesorbyanylegalpersonwhether
governedbypublicorbyprivatelaw,actingundertheresponsibilityofsuchauthorities,provi­
dedthatsuchpersonderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection.
3.Anychemicaltreatmentoftheseedpotatoesshallbenotedeitherontheofficiallabeloron
8aspeciallabeland.onthecontainerorinsideit.
4.Thecolourofthelabelshallbe:
—whiteforbasicseedpotatoes;
—blueforcertifiedseedpotatoes.
AllinformationshallbegiveninatleastoneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheEuropean
CommunitiesorinEnglish.