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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)725final
Brussels,11January1979
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y.
Proposalfora
COUNCILDECISION/amendingthedecision 78/476/EEConthe\Equivalence
ofchecksonpracticesforthemaintenance ofvari­
etiescarriedoutinnon-member countries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
COM (78)725 final .

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
TheCouncilinitsDecision78/476/EECof30May1978statedthatofficial
checksonpracticesforthemaintenance ofvarietiesincertainnon-member
countriesaffordedthesameguarantees aschecksmadebytheMember
Statesandcouldberegardedasequivalent .
ThisDecisionextendstoRumaniaforthespeciesHelianthus annuus.
Examination ofthenatureoftheofficialchecksonpracticesforthe
maintenance ofvarieties hasshownthattheyaffordthesameguarantees
asthosemadebytheMemberStates.

CouncilDecision
amending Decision78/476/EEContheequivalence ofchecksonpractices
forthemaintenance ofvarietiescarriedoutinnon-member countries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective70/457/EECof29September 1970onthe
(1)
commoncatalogueofvarietiesofagricultural plantspecies,aslast
(2)amendedbyDirective 78/692/EEC,andinparticularArticle21(1)(b)
thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,byDecision78/476/EEC(3),theCouncilhasnotedthattheofficial
checksonpracticesforthemaintenance carriedincertainnon-member
countriesaffordthesameguarantees asthosecarriedoutbytheMember
States;
Whereasinthemeantimeithasbeenestablished thatsuchpracticesare
alsoofficially checkedinRomaniaforacertainspecies;
Whereasanexamination oftheconditions underwhichofficialchecksonprac­
ticesforthemaintenance ofvarieties arecarriedoutinRomaniahasshownthat
checksaffordthesameguarantees asthosecarriedoutbytheMemberStates;
WhereasRomaniashouldthereforealsobegrantedequivalence ;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
C1)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.1
(2)OJNoL236,26.8.1978,p.13
(3)OJNoL152,8.6.1978,p.17

2
Article 1
Witheffectfrom1July1978,thefollowing newitemisinserted
afteritem7oftheAnnextoDecision78/476/EEC:
2 3 4
1
Reference
NumberCountry•Authorityresponsible
forcarryingoutchecksSpecies
"7aRomania(R )MinisterulAgriculturii si
Industriei Alimentare-
CentralaEsperimentala al
ComisieideStatpentru
Incercarea siOmologarea
Soiusilor (Ministryof
Agriculture andFood
Industries-Experimental
StationoftheStateCommis'
sionforthetestingand
homologation ofvarieties)Helianthus annuus"
I
Article 2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident