NoL183/20 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 14.7.75
FOURTHCOUNCILDECISION
of24June1975
ontheequivalenceofseedproducedinthirdcountries
(75/408/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtoCouncilDirectiveNo66/402/
EEC0)of14June1966onthemarketingofcereal
seed,aslastamendedbyDirectiveNo73/438/
EEC(2),andinparticularArticle16(1)(b)thereof;
HavingregardtoCouncilDirectiveNo69/208/
EEC(3)of30June1969,onthemarketingofseed
ofoilandfibreplants,aslastamendedbyDirective
No73/438/EEC,andinparticularArticle15(1)(b)
thereof;
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission;
WhereastherearerulesonseedcontrolinAustralia
andinHungary;
Whereasanexamination oftheserulesandthe
mannerinwhichtheyareappliedhasrevealedthat
theconditionsgoverningseedharvestedandcontrol­
ledinthesecountriesaffordthesameassurancesas
regardstheseed'scharacteristics ,identity,examin­
ation,markingandcontrolasdotheconditions
applicabletoseedharvestedandcontrolledwithin
theCommunity ;
WhereasthisDecisiondoesnotprecludeCommunity
findingsbeingrevokedorextensionoftheperiodof
theirvaliditybeingrefusedwhentheconditionson
whichtheyarebasedarenotorceasetobesatisfied;
whereastothisendfurtherpracticalinformationon
seedproducedintheabovementioned countries
shouldbeobtainedbygrowingandcheckingsamples
ofsuchseedincomparativeCommunitytests;
Whereasithasbecomenecessarytoamendcertain
CouncilDecisionsdeclaringequivalencesowingtoatransferofpowerswithinthenationalauthorities
responsibleforofficialseedcontrol,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :
Article1
Itisherebydeclaredthat,wherethespecial
conditionslaiddownintheAnnexaresatisfied,seed
harvestedinthecountriesandofficiallycontrolled
bytheauthoritieslistedinthesaidAnnexand
belongingtothespeciesandcategoriesspecified
thereinisequivalenttoseedofthecorresponding
categoriesharvestedwithintheCommunityand
complyingwithDirectiveNo66/402/EECorNo69/
208/EEC.
Article2
IntheAnnextoFirstCouncilDecisionNo72/293/
EEC(4)of20July1972ontheequivalenceofseed
producedinthirdcountries,underreferenceNo21,
thewords'DepartmentofPrimaryIndustries',which
appearincolumn3,shallbereplacedbythewords
'DepartmentofAgriculture'.
Article3
IntheAnnextoThirdCouncilDecisionNo74/349/
EEC(5)of27June1974ontheequivalenceofseed
producedinthirdcountries,underreferenceNo1,
thewords'DepartmentofPrimaryIndustries'shall
bereplacedbythewords'DepartmentofAgriculture'.
Article4
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntil30June1976.
Article5
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatLuxembourg ,24June1975.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
M.A.CLINTON
(!)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2309/66.
HOJNoL356,27.12.1973,p.79.
(3)OJNoL169,10.7.1969,p.3.(4)OJNoL186,16.8.1972,p.30.
(5)OJNoL191,15.7.1974,p.17.

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ANNEX\\Categories
Ref.
No Country Authority Species inthe
countryinthe
CommunitySpecial
conditions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1Australia Department
ofAgriculture,
CanberraSwede
rape—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
2Hungary Orszagos
Vetomagfeliigye­
loseg
(Hungarian
SeedControl
Office),
BudapestBlack
mustard
Rye—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed
—Basicseed
—Certifiedseed1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
Specialconditions
1.Seedshallbeofficiallycertifiedanditspackagesofficiallysealedandmarkedinaccordance
withtheschemeforthevarietalcertificationofseedmovingininternationaltradeofthe
OrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment (OECD).Thequalityofthe
seedshallmeettherequirementsofCommunityrules.
2.FieldinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyStateauthoritiesorbyanylegalperson,whether
governedbypublicorbyprivatelaw,actingundertheresponsibility ofsuchauthorities,
providedthatsuchpersonderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection.
3.Theofficiallabelshallgivethefollowingadditionalinformation :
(a)dateofofficialsealing;
(b)astatementthattheseedcomplieswithEECrulesandstandards.
Thisinformationmayalsoappearonanotherofficiallabelwhich,inaddition,shallgivethe
nameoftheauthorityandofthecountry.
4.Anychemicaltreatmentoftheseedshallbenotedeitherontheofficiallabeloronaspecial
labelandonthepackageorinsideit.
5.Anofficialnoticeplacedinsidethepackageshallgiveatleastthereferencenumberofthe
lot,thespeciesandthevariety.
Thisnoticeisnotnecessaryiftheminimuminformationisprintedindeliblyonthepackage.
6.Allinformationrequiredforofficiallabels,officialnoticesandpackagesshallbegiveninat
leastoneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheEuropeanCommunities .