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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)42 final
Brussels,20February1981
Proposalfora
■COUNCILDIRECTIVE
amendingDirectives 66/402/EECand66/403/EEConthemarketingofcereal
seedandofseedpotatoes
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0M(81)42final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Therulesonthemarketingofcerealseedsprovideforauthorizations whereby,
subjecttocertainconditions,seedofwhichtherehasbeennoofficialfield
inspection maybeofficiallycertifieduntil31December1980.
TheextensionofthetimelimitprovidedforinthisDirectivewouldenablethe
necessaryexperiencetobegainedsothatamoregeneralanddefinitivesolution
couldbefound.
TheDirectiveonthemarketingofseedpotatoeslaysdownasageneralrulethat,
after1July1975,MemberStatesmaynolongerestablishontheirownresponsibility
theequivalence ofinspections andcheckscarriedoutinnon-membercountries.
Greece,however,beinganewMemberState,istobringtheserulesintoforceso
thatitcomplieswiththecommonplant-health arrangements witheffectfrom1
January1983.SinceGreecehadalreadydecided,onitsownresponsibility ,to
allowimportsofseedpotatoesproducedinCanada,theperiodofvalidityofthe
decisionconcernedshouldbeextendedsothatGreececanusetheseedpotatoesin
questionuntil31December1982.

ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirectives 66/402/EECand66/403/EEC
onthemarketingofcerealseedandofseedpotatoes
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunityandin
particularArticle43,
Havingregardtothepropo^d!.fromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheopinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
1WhereasCouncilDirective66/402/EEC,aslastamendedby
2Directive 79/692/EEC,allowsseedswhichhavenot
beenthesubjectofanofficialfieldinspectiontobecertifiedofficially under
certainconditionsuntil31December1980;whereasanadditional period
shouldbegrantedinorderthatthenecessaryexperienceforamoregeneral-and
definitive solutionmaybeacquired;
3......... 4WhereasCouncilDirective 66/403/EEC,aslastamendedbyDirective80/52/EEC,
providesthat,after1July1975,MemberStatesmaynolonger,inprinciDle >estahlis
undertheirownresponsibility theequivalence ofinspections andcheckscarriedout
inthirdcountries;
Whereas,however,MemberStateshavebeenauthorizedtoextendthevalidityof
decisionsonequivalence alreadytakenbythem,sincethediscussions "intendedto
enablesuchequivalence tobeestablished atCommunitylevelhavenotjpetbeen
completed;whereas,inpractice,suchextensionhasbeenappliedinthecaseof
Canadaonly;
WhereasrecoursetosuGhextensionissubjecttotheCommunityrulesonplanthealth;
Whereas,inviewofthoserules,itwouldbepointlesstoextendthevalidityof
suchdecisionstakenbytheMemberStatesoftheCommunityofNine;
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Whereas,however,inthecaseofGreece,thisnewMemberStatemustbringinto
forcetheLaws,regulations andadministrative provisions necessarytocomply
withtheprovisions oftheCommunityrulesonplanthealthonlywitheffect
from1January1983;whereasGreecehadestablished underitsownresponsibility
thepossibility ofseedpotatoesproducedinCanadabeingintroduced;whereas
theperiodofvalidityofsuchmeasuresshouldtherefore beextendedinorder
toenableGreecetomakeuseoftheabovementioned period,inrespectofthe
seedpotatoesinquestion;
Whereastheabove-mentioned Directives shouldtherefore beamended,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article 1
InArticle2(2)(d)ofDirective 66/402/EEC,"31December1980"shallbere­
placedby"31December1982".
Article 2
InArticle15(2)ofDirective 66/403/EEC,"31March1980"shallbereplacedby
"31December1982",withoutprejudicetotheprovisionsofCouncilDirective
77/93/EECof21December1976onprotective measuresagainsttheintroduction
intotheMemberStatesofharmfulorganismsofplantorplantproducts,as
lastamendedbyDirective80/393/EEC^.
Article3
1.MemberStatesshallbringintoforcethelaws,regulations andadministrative
provisionsnecessarytocomplywiththisDirectiveby1January1981atthe
latest,inthecaseofArticle 1.
2.Greeceshallbringintoforcethelaws,regulations andadministrative pro­
visionsnecessarytocomplywiththisDirectiveby1January1981atthe
latest,inthecaseofArticle2.
Article4
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
50JNoL26,31.1.1977,p.20
60JNoL100,17.4.1980,p.35