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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(78)209 final.
Brussels/24May1978
Proposalfora
ThirdCouncilDecision
ontheequivalence ofseedpotatoesproducedinthird
countries
Proposalfora
ThirdCouncilDecision
amendingtheAnnextoFifthDecision76/538/EEConthe
equivalence offieldinspections carriedoutinthird
countries onseed-producing crops
Proposalfora
ThirdCouncilDecision
amendingtheAnnexetoFifthDecision76/539/EEConthe
equivalence ofseedproducedinthirdcountries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
C0MC78)209final.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Bydecisions76/538/EEC(1)and76/539/EEC(2)of17May1976,theCouncil
hasestablished thatthefieldinspections carriedoutin20thirdcountries
onseed-producing cropsaswellastheseedproducedinthesecountriesare
equivalentforcertainspecies.
TheCouncilhasfurtherdeclaredbyitsDecisions 72/294/EEC(3)and
75/370/EEC(4)thatseedpotatoesharvested andofficiallycontrolled in
Austria,inSwitzerland andinPolandaffordthesameassurances asseed
potatoesharvested andcontrolledwithintheCommunity.
Thepresentdecisionsprovideforanextensionofthisequivalence on
linseedasfarasNewZealandisconcerned andaprolongation ofthe
durationofvalidityoftheequivalence forseedpotatoesproducedin
Austria,Switzerland andPoland,becausetheexamination oftherulesof
thiscountryandthemannerinwhichtheyareappliedhasshownthatthe
fieldinspections carriedoutinthesecountries aswellastheseed
producedinthesecountriessatisfytheconditionslaiddownintheabove-
mentioneddecisionsrespectively thattheconditions onwhichtheCommunity
findingswerebasedarestillfulfilledasfarastheseedpotatoesare
concerned .
(1)O.J.N°L162,23/6/1976,p.1
(2)O.J.N°L162,23/6/1976,p.10
(3)O.J.N°L186,16/8/1972,p.43
(4)O.J.N°L164,27/6/1975,p.43

ThirdCouncilDecision ontheequivalenceofseed
ootatoesproducedinthirdcountries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective66/403/EECof14June1966onthe
marketingofseedpotatoes(1),aslastamendedbyDirective77/648/EEC(2)
andinparticularArticle15(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCouncilhasdeclaredbyitsDecisions 72/294/EEC(3)and
75/370/EEC(4)thatseedpotatoesharvestedandofficiallycontrolledin
Austria,inSwitzerland andinPolandaffordthesameassurances asseed
potatoesharvestedandcontrolledwithintheCommunity;
Whereas "the.validityofthisequivalence expireson
30June1978;whereas,however,theequivalence shouldberetainedfora
furtherthreeyearssince theconditions ;on
whichtheCommunityfindingswerebasedattheoutsetarestillfulfilled;
WhereasthisDecisiondoesnotpreventCommunityfindingsfrombeingrevoked
northeperiodoftheirvalidityfromnotbeingextendedifitbecomes
apparentthattheconditions onwhichsuchfindingsarebasedarenotorare
nolongersatisfied;
Whereasthereforefurtherpracticalinformation onseedpotatoesproducedin
theabovementioned countriesshouldbeobtainedbygrowingandchecking
samplesofsuchseedwithintheframeworkofcomparative Communitytests;
WhereasthisDecisiondoesnotaffectrequirements whichMemberStateswill
establishunderCouncilDirective 77/93/EECof21December1976onprotective
measuresagainsttheintroduction intotheMemberStatesofharmfulorganisms
ofplantsorplantproducts(5);
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
(1)OJN0125,11/7/1966,p.2320/66
(2)OJN°1261,14/10/1977,p.21
(3)OJN°L186,16/8/1972,p.43
(4)OJN°L164,27/6/1975,p.43
(5)OJNoL26,31/1/1977,P.20

Article 1
Itisherebydeclaredthat,wherethespecialconditionslaiddowninthe
Annexhereto aresatisfied,theseedpotatoeswhichareharvested
inthecountriesspecifiedintheAnnexandofficiallycontrolled bythe
authoritieslisted .therein andwhichbelongtothecategoriesspecified
thereinareequivalenttoseedpotatoesofcorresponding categoriesharvested
withintheCommunityandcomplywithDirective66/403/EEC.
Article2
ThisDecisionshallapplyfrom1July1978to30June1981.
Artiele3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil-

ANNEX
r~ ii IICategories Ij
ISpecul
|confinions
L_OrJer
NoCountry Service jInfhccouniry
concernedInthe
Community j
* I|3'; 3 I* i1_5J!«
i
Austria
Poland
SwitzerlandBurgcnländischc Landwirtschafts -
kammer,Eisenstadt
Landwirtschaftskammer für
Kärnten,Klagenfurt
Niederösterreichische Landes-
Landwirtschaftskammer ,Wien
Landwirtschaftskammer fürOber­
österreich,Linz/O.ö.
Landeskammer fürLand-undForst­
wirtschaftSteiermark,Graz
Landeskammer fürTirol,Innsbruck
KammerfürLand-undForstwirt­
schaftinSalzburg,Salzburg
•Landwirtschaftskammer fürVorarl­
berg,Bregenz
•WienerLandwirtschaftskammer ,
Wien
•Wojew6dzkich Inspektoratow
KontroliMaterialuSiewnego
(WIKMS)(DistrictInspection
AuthoritiesforSeedControl):
–Bialystok–Bydgoszcz–Gdansk–Katowice–Kielce–Koszalin–Krakow–Lublin–Lôdz–Olsztyn–Opole–Poznan–Rzcssow–Szczecin–Warszawa–Wroclaw–ZielonaGôra
-Stationfédéralederecherchesagro­
nomiques,Lausanne
-Eidgenössische Landwirtschaftliche
Forschungsanstalt ,ZürichElite
Original
–KlasseA–KlasseB
Super
Elite
Elite
Original–ClassA–ClassB
\|Plants(!certifiés
y\zClassA
ClassBBasic
seed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoes
Basicseed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoesU,3,4
1,23,4
1,2,3,4
1,2,3,4
1,2,3,4

Spécialconditions
1.Seedpotatoesshallbeofficial!/certifiedandtheircontainersofficiallymarkedandsealedinaccor­
dancewithnationalprovisions.Seedpotatoesandthedetailsonthelabelshallmeetatleastthe
requirementsofCommunityrulesandconformtotheEuropeanstandardforseedpotatoesrecom­
mendedbytheWorkingPartyonStandardization ofPerishableFoodstuffsoftheEconomic
Commission forEurope.
2.FieldinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyStateauthoritiesorbyanylegalpersonwhethergoverned
bypublicorbyprivatelaw,actingunderthercpsonsibilnyofsuchauthorities,providedthatsuch
personderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection.
3.Anychemicaltreatmentoftheseedpotatoesshallbenotedeitherontheofficiallabelorona
speciallabelandonthecontainerorinsideit.
4.Thecolourofthelabelshallbe:
–whiteforbasicseedpotatoes;
–blueforcertifiedseedpotatoes.
AllinformationshallbegiveninatleastoneoftheofficiallanguagesoftheEuropeanCommuni-*
ties.

ProposalforathirdCouncilDecision
Decision76/538/EEContheequivalence of
thirdcountriesonseed-producing cropsfieldamendingtheAnnex
inspectionscarriedtoFifth
outin
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective69/208/EECof30June1969onthemarketing
ofseedofoilandfibreplants(1),aslastamendedbyDirective78/55/EEC(2),
andinparticularArticle15C1)(a)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasbyDecision76/538/EECof17May1976(3)theCouncilestablishedthatthe
fieldinspectionscarriedoutintwentythirdcountriesoncropsproducingseedof
certainspeciesmeettheconditionslaiddownbytheCommunityDirectives;
WhereasthisequivalenceappliesalsotoNewZealandforcertainspecies;
WhereasanexaminationoftheNewZealandrulesandofthemannerinwhich
theyareappliedhasshownthat,forlinseedalso,thefieldinspections
satisfytheconditionslaiddowninAnnexI.ofthesaid .Directive;
Whereasequivalenceshouldconsequently beextendedtothisspecies;
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION:
Article 1
Witheffectfrom1July1978,thematterscontainedintheAnnexheretoshallbe
addedtotheAnnextoDecision76/538/EEC,underreferenceN°7.
./.
(1)O.J.N°L169,10/7/1969,p.3
(2)O.J.N°L16,20/1/1978,p.23
(3)O.J.N°L162,23/6/1976,p.1

-2-
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident,

ANNEX
Ref.N°Country
IAuthority Species SpeciaL
conditions
1i
2 3I
4
j5
i
i
i
7New-Zealand MinistryofAgri­
cultureand
Fisheries-Linseed 1,3,4,5

ProposalforathirdCouncilDecision amendingtheAnnexto
FifthDecision76/539/EEContheequivalenceofseedproucedinthird
countries
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Havingreg-nrdtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective69/208/EECof30June1969onthemarketing
ofseedofoilandfibreplants(1),aslastamendedbyDirective78/55/EEC,
andinparticularArticle15(1)(b)thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereasbyDecision76/539/EECof17May1976(3)theCouncilestablishedthatthe
seedofcertainspeciesfromtwentythirdcountriesisequivalenttocorresponding
seedproducedintheCommunity;
WhereasthisequivalenceappliesalsotoNewZealandforcertainspecies;
Whereasanexamination oftheNewZealandrules andofthemannerin
whichtheyareappliedhasshownthat,forlinseedalso,theconditions
governingseedharvestedandcontrolledinthiscountryaffordthesame
assurancesasregardstheseedscharacteristics ,identity,examination,
markingandcontrol,asdotheconditionsapplicabletoseedharvestedand
controlledwithintheCommunity;
Whereasequivalence shouldconsequently beextendedtothisspecies,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
./.
(1)O.J.N°L169,10/7/1969,p.3
<2)O.J.N°L16,20/1/1978,p.23
(3)O.J.N°L162,23/6/1976,p.10

Article 1
Witheffectfrom1July1978,thematterscontainedintheAnnexheretoshallbe
added•totheAnnextoDecision76/539/EEC,underreference N°7.
Article2
ThisDecisionisaddressed totheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil,
ThePresident,

Courrcry
ZeaLandAuthority
Mimstry
ofAgri­
culture
and
fisheriesSpecies
-LinseedCategories
inthecountry
Basic -seed
Certified
seed,
1stgénéra­
tionintheCommu­
nitySpécial
conditions
-Basicseed ;1,3,5,8,9,10
-Certified
seed,1st
générationI1,3,4(a),5,8
Î9,10