NoL261/16 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities18.9.91
COMMISSION DECISION
of4September1991
amendingDecision90/53/EECauthorizingMemberStatestemporarilytotake
additionalmeasuresagainstthedissemination ofCorynebacterium sepedonicum
asregardstheFederalRepublicofGermany
(91/490/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,the1988potatoproductionofNiedersachsenandSchles­
wig-Holsteinshowedaconfirmedcontamination by
potatoringrot,includingthoseofaconsignmentintro­
ducedintoanotherMemberState;
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity,
Whereastakingintoaccounttheaforementioned situa­
tion,theCommissionbyDecision90/53/EEC(4)author­
izedtheMemberStatestotakeadditionalmeasures
describedtherein:HavingregardtoCouncilDirective77/93/EECof21
December1976onprotectivemeasuresagainsttheintro­
ductionintotheMemberStatesoforganismsharmfulto
plantsorplantproducts('),aslastamendedbyCommis­
sionDirective91/27/EEC(2),andinparticularArticle15
(2)thereof,WhereasthatDecisionstipulatedthatMemberStatesshall
adjustthemeasureswhichtheyadoptedwithaviewto
protectingthemselvesagainsttheintroductionorspread
ofCorynebacterium sepedonicum;HavingregardtoCouncilDirective80/665/EECof24
June1980onthecontrolofpotatoringrot(3),andin
particularArticle9(2)thereof,
WhereasthatDecisionstipulatedthattheauthorization
shallexpireon30June1991;
WhereaswhereaMemberStateconsidersthatthereisan
imminentdangeroftheintroductionintoitsterritoryof
potatoringrotfromanotherMemberStateitmaytempo­
rarilytakeanyadditionalmeasuresnecessarytoprotect
itselffromthatdanger;Whereastherehavebeennofindingsofringrotonpota­
toesoriginatinginGermanyeitheronsamplesdrawn
frompotatoesintroducedintootherMemberStates
pursuanttothisDecision,orinsurveyscarriedoutin
LenderotherthanNiedersachsen andSchleswig-Holstein
pursuanttoDirective80/665/EEC; WhereasaMemberStatemayalsotakesuchmeasures
whereanotherMemberStateinformsitofconfirmed
contamination bypotatoringrot;
Whereas,however,hasnotyetbeenpossibletoidentify
thesourceofcontamination nortodeterminetheextent
thereofintheLänderNiedersachsen undSchleswig­
Holstein;WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanyinformedthe
otherMemberStatesandtheCommission on13
September1985thatsamplesofpotatoesoriginatingin
Niedersachsen weresuspectedtobecontaminated by
potatoringrot;whereascomplementary reportssupplied
byGermanyindicatedthatfivesamplesofthe1986
potatoproductionofthatLandshowedaconfirmed
contamination bypotatoringrot;WhereasitisthereforejustifiedfortheMemberStatesto
beauthorizedtotakeadditionalmeasuresagainstthe
dissemination ofCorynebacterium sepedonicum -,
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanyinformedthe
otherMemberStatesandtheCommissionthatsamplesofWhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecisionarem
accordancewiththeopinionoftheStandingCommittee
onPlantHealth,
(')OJNoL26,31.1.1977,p.20.0OJNoL16,22.1.1991,p.29.0OJNoL180,14.7.1980,p.30. (4)OJNoL36,8.2.1990,p.26.

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HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Decision90/53/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1.inArticle1(1),'30June1991'isreplacedby'31
December1991';
2.inArticle1(2)(b),'90/53/EEC'isreplacedby
'91/490/EEC'.Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,4September1991.
FortheCommission
RayMACSHARRY
MemberoftheCommission