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1.
Proposaifora
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CouncilDirectiveamendingtheDirectives 'i
(66/403/EEC)and(70/458/EEOonthemarketing
ofseedpotatoesandvegetableseed*
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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Errplanatory Mémorandum
1.DuringitsexaminationoftheproposalforaCouncilDirectiveon
measurestobetakenagainsttheintroduction intoMemberStatesof
organismsharmfultoplants,theWorkingPartyonAgricultural Questions
wasfacedwithcertaindifficulties whenittackledtheproblemof
intra-community tradeinseedpotatoes.Itthenappearedthataslight
amendmenttotheCouncilDirective66/403/feECof14June1966,which
dealsessentiallywithplanthealthmeasures,mightfacilitatethe
resolutionofthisproblem.Itisconsequently proposedtoextendthe
scopeofthenationalprotectionmeasuresprovidedforinArticle13
paragraph 2.
2.InaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheDirectives onseedsand
agricultural propagatingmaterial,theCouncil,onaproposalfromthe
Commission,maydeterminewhetherthefieldinspectionscarriedoutin
thirdcountriesaswellasseedandpropagatingmaterialproducedin
thirdcountriesareequivalenttotheofficialinspections andtothe
seedsandpropagatingmaterialoftheCommunity.Istheextentthat
theCouncilhasnotdeterminedsuchequivalences,MemberStatesmay
continuetomakesuchdecisionsatnationalleveluntil1July1975*
However,thistimelimithashadtobeputbackto1July1977for
fodderplantseedandseedofoilandfibreplants.Ineffect,the
examinations necessarytograntequivalencetocertainthirdcountries
hadnotbeencompletedanditseemeddesirablenottodisruptwill
established commercialrelations.Ithasnotyetbeenpossibletopostpone
thetimelimitforvegetableseedandthisproposalthereforeseeksto
fillthisgap.
Ananalogoussituationexistsmoreoverforseedpotatoesjhoweverin
thiscase,itseemssufficientthatMemberStatesshouldsimplybe
authorizedtoextendbyoneyearthevalidityofthenationalequiva­
lenceswhichtheyhavegrantedinrespectofcertainthirdcountries.

?^9/VI/:5-E
Draft Council Directive of amending Directives No
(66/403/EECi _and j(70/^5?/EEC )on .ttemarketing of ..seed potatoes and
vegetable :seed . ■ '■ • ...
•' ' •.- '• v •
THECOUNCIL .OFTHEEUROPEAN ^COMMUNITIES ,
Having' regard totheTreaty -establishing theEuropean Economic -Community ,
andinparticular 'Articles kj> ' thereof ;■ •
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Having regard tothe -Opinion oftheEuropean Perliament ;. . .
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEconomic andSocial Committee ;
Whereas for thereasons stated hereafter certain provisions ofthe
Directives ;on .themarketing ofseed potatoes andvegetable apee.ds should
be©.mended \. . . :■• . ...
Whereas .theDirective onthemarketing ofseed potatoes isconcerned
with thehealth value ofpotatoes andwhereas itisaplant 'health
measure inthat itlays down maximum values forcertain disease "vectors ;
Whereas Member States endeavour tokeep certain areas free ofviruses
andbacteria inorder toguarantee ,thehealth oftheir potatoes ;.
Whereas this Directive will improve' their ability toprotect these
areas :

_2_ 3359/VI/75-E
Whereas theabovementioned Directives provide that after 30June and
1July 1975 respectively theMember States maynotlonger determine of
their own authority ,whether inspections and controls carried out in
third countries areof equal value ;whereas ,however ,because the
examinations leading to aCommunity determination ofequal values are
not yet completed inthe case ofvegetables the said time limit should be
extended for ashort period and inthe case ofseed potatoes ,Member
States should begiven the right toextend the validity ofthedecisions
which they have already taken inorder toavoid disturbing their
traditional trade relations ,
HAS ADCPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Council Directive of14June 1966onthemarketing ofseed potatoes (1);
aslast amended byDirective No?l>/'ikk/EEC (2),isbeamended as
followe ;
loArticle 13 (2)isamended toread asfollows :
"2=TheCommission ,acting inaccordance with theprocedure laid
down inArticle 19shall ,inrespect ofthemarketing ofseed
potatoes inall orpart oftheterritory ofone ormore Member States
authorize more stringent measures than those provided for inAnnex I
tobetaken particular virus orbacterial diseases which donot
exist either atall oronly toaninsignificant ex'teirt inthose
regions orwhich appear particularly harmful tocrops inthose
regions .Where there isimminent danger oftheintroduction or
spread ofsuch virus orbacteria ,and until such time asthe
Commission has given afinal ruling on ,thematter ,such measures may
betaken bytheMember State concerned assoon asitsrequest has
been submitted ".
2.The following paragraph isadded toArticle 15•
"2a.TheMember States shall beauthorized toextend until 1July 1976
thevalidity oftheir decisions taken under paragraph 2intheir
territory upto1July 1975 inrelation tocertain third
countries "<■
(1)O.J. No125ofV7/1966 ,p.2320/66
(2)O.J. NoL196 of26/7/1975 ,p.6

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Article 2
InArticle ~$Z (2)ofCouncil Directive No70/^5o/EEC (3)of29September
1970 onthemarketing ofvegetable seed (3)»aslast amended layDirective
(73A38 /EEC )(4)','for "30"June 1975 "read "30June 1977 ". '' •
Article 3
Member States shall bring into force thenecessary laws ,regulations
andadministrative provisions tocomplyt
a)with Articles 1(2)and 2tohave effect from 30June 197^»
b)with Article 1(1)by'lJuly 1976 atthelatest .
J
They shall forthwith inform theCommission thereof .
Article 4. ,
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
(3)O.J. No.L225of12.10.1970 ,p.7
(4)O.J. No.L356of27.12.1973 ,p.79