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PROPOSALFORACOUNCILDIRECTIVEV-'- -v
AMENDINGDIRECTIVE77/97/EECONPROTECTIVE MEASURES
AGAINSTTHEINTRODUCTION INTOTHEMEMBERSTATES
OFHARMFULORGANISMS OFPLANTS'OR PLANTPRODUCTS
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
C0M(79)452final

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
CouncilDirective77/93/EECof21December1976onprotective measuresagainst
theintroduction intotheMemberStatesofharmfulorganismsofplantsorplant
(1)products haslaiddownthemeasureswhichmustormaybeappliedfor
purposesofplantprotectiontointra-communitytradeinplantsorplant
productsor'toimportsfromthirdcountries.
Developments sincetheadoptionofthisDirective haverevealedtheneedto
makecertainamendments toitsprovisions tobeimplemented forthwith.
TheFAOConference hasnotyetamendedtheInternational PlantProtection
Convention of6December1951jtoincorporate inittherecommendations ofthe
1976FAOConsultation concerning themodelcertificates tobeusedfortrade
inplantsorplantproducts,whichhavealreadybeentakenintoaccountinthe
abovementioned Directive.Consequently ,itisnecessarytoauthorisefora
transitional perioduseofthemodelcertificate whichisprovidedforinthe
presenttextoftheConvention andhasbeeninusehitherto.
TheDirectiveprovidesforaperiodoftimeinwhichasystemofmeasuresisto
besetupatCommunityleveltoensurecompliance withthephytosanitary
requirements forseedsprovidedforintheDirective.Inessence,thisinvolves
theestablishment ofalinkbetweentheplanthealthcontrolsandtheCommunity
systemsforcertification ofseedsandpropagating materialwithregardto
quality.Thisperiodoftimehasprovedtobeinsufficient anditisnecessary
toextendit.
Withregardtoimportsofplantsorplantproductsfromthirdcountries,
experience hasshownthatcertificates complyingwiththerequiredmodelsare
incertaincasesissuedbydepartments otherthanthoseauthorisedforthese
purposes.ItisdesirablethereforetoextendtheDirective soastoauthorise
satisfactory proceduresinsuchcases.Inaddition,itmaybeusefultolist
forinformation theauthorised departments inthirdcountries.
TheDirectiveprovidesspecialrequirements forroundoakwoodtoprotect
theCommunityagainsttheintroduction ofoakwilt(Ceratorysis fagacearum).
Toensureeffectiveprotection,itisnecessarytoextendtheprotective
measuretooaklumberinviewoftheriskofintroducing thisorganismviathe
latter.Adegreeofflexibility inapplyingthemeasuresis,however,called
fortoallowtheparticular circumstances ofeachindividual casetobebetter
takenintoaccount.Theremusttherefore beprovisionforthepossibility to
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makeexceptions,underconditionslaiddownatCommunitylevel,fromthe
generalrules.
Finally,thewordingofcertainprovisionsoftheDirective maygiveriseto
ambiguousinterpretation anditisthereforedesirabletomakethesetexts
clearer
C

ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveamendingDirective 77/97/EECon
protective measuresagainsttheintroduction intotheMemberStatesof
harmfulorganismsofplantsorplantproducts
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle43thereof,
HavingregardtotheProposalfromtheCommission,
HavingregardtotheOpinionoftheEuropeanParliament,
WhereasCouncilDirective77/93/EEClaiddownthemeasureswhichMemberState
shallormayapply,ongroundsoftheprotectionofplanthealth,inintra-
communitytradeinplantsorplantproductsorontheirimportation fromnon-
membercountries;
Whereas,havingregardtodevelopments sincetheadoptionofthe
abovementioned Directive,certainofitsprovisions shouldbeamendedas
statedbelow; J
WhereastheInternational PlantProtection Convention of6December1951,
despitetherecommendations putforwardattheFAOconsultation of1976,has
notyetbeenamendedinsuchawaytoallowtheintroduction ofthemodelcerti
ficatesprovidedforintheDirective;whereas,therefore,themodelcertificates
setoutinthecurrentversionoftheConvention shouldbeallowedfora
transitional period.
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Whereas,inthecaseofseeds,themeasurestoensurecompliancewiththe
requirements LaiddownintheDirective,aretobedeterminedatCommunity
Level;whereastheperiodspecifiedforthispurposehasnotbeensufficient
andshouldthereforebeextended,
Whereasinthecaseofimportations ofplantorplantproductsfromnon-member
countriestheauthorities responsible insuchcountriesforissuingcertificates
shouldbe,inprinciple,thoseempoweredundertheInternational PlantProtection
Convention;whereasitcouldbedesirabletoestablishlistsoftheseauthorities;
WhereasthemeasureslaiddownintheDirective ,inthecaseofoakroundwood-
againsttheintroduction ofoakwilt(Ceratocystis fagacearum)intothe
Communityhaveontheonehandprovedinsufficient andontheotherunnecessarily
strict/'whereas,intheinterestsofeffectiveprotection,
abasisshouldbeestablishedfortheextensionofsuchmeasurestooaklumber;
whereastheMemberStatesshouldalsobegiventhe'powertopermit
undercertainconditionstobedeterminedbeforehandatCommunitylevel,
derogations fromthegeneralrequirements onoakwiltandsimilarcases,
Whereasitisuseful,furthermore,toclarifycertainprovisionsoftheDirective,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE :
Article 1
Directive77/93/EECisherebyamendedasfollows:
1.Article2(2)isreplacedbythefollowing:
"2.ThisDirective,savewhereitexpresslyprovidesotherwise*concerns
woodonlyinsofarasitretainsallorpartofitsnaturalround
surface,withorwithoutbark."
2.InArticle7(1),firstsentence,thewords"(1)and(2)"shallbeadded
afterthewords"inArticle6".
3.InArticle7(1),thirdandfourthsentencesasfollowsshallbeadded:
"Bywayofderogation fromtheprovisionslaiddowninthefirstsentence,the
phytosanitary certificateshall,foratransitional period,be">n
accordancewiththespecimensetoutintheAnnextotheInternational Plant
ProtectionConventionof6December1951.The.dateofexpiryoftheabovemen-
tionedperiodshallbefixedinaccordancewith.>theprocedurelaitfddwn
inArticle16."

InArticle7(3)thewordsby31December1980"shallbesubstituted
forthewords"beforeexpiryoftheperiodreferredtoinArticle20(1)(b)".
InArticle8(2),thereisaddedafifthsentenceasfollows:
"Remainingstocksofcertificates baseduponamodelused
previouslyforre-forwarding maybeuseduntil31December1980."
InArticle9(1),thereareaddedafterthewords"providedforinArticles
7and8"thewords"andissuedbycountriesotherthanthecountryoforigin"
InArticle12(1)(a),thereareaddedafterthewords"tomakesure",the
words"asfarascanbedetermined".
InArticle12(1)(b),thereareaddedsecondandthirdsentences asfollows:
"Thecertificates shallbeissuedbyauthorities empoweredforthispurpose
undertheInternational PlantProtection Convention of6December1951,
or,inthecaseofnon-contracting countries,onthebasisoflawsor
regulations ofthecountry.Inaccordance withtheprocedurelaiddown
inArticle16,listsoftheauthorities empoweredbythevariousnon-member
countriestoissuecertificates maybeestablished."
Article14(3)shallbereplacedbythefollowing:
"3.Inaccordancewithprocedure laiddowninArticle16,Member
Statesmaybeauthorized onrequesttoprovideforderogations in
sofarassuchderogations arenotyetallowedunderparagraph 1,
-fromArticle4(1)withregardtoAnnexIIIpartA(9)fortrial
orscientific purposesandforworkonvarietalselection,
-fromArticle4(1)withregardtoAnnexIIIpartA(1)to(7)and
(10),"andfromArticle5(1)andthethirdindentof
Article12(1)(a),withregardtotherequirements referredtoin
AnnexIVpartA(2),(3)and(4),

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providedthat
-byvirtueoftheoriginoftheplantsorplantproducts,or
-bymeansofanappropriate treatment ^,or
-bymeansofparticularprecautions inviewoftheuseofthe
plantsorproducts
itcanbeensuredthatthereisnoriskofspreadingharmfulorganisms."
Article2
MemberStatesshallbringintoforcethelaws,regulations andadministrative
provisions necessarytocomplywiththisDirectivewitheffect
fromthedatelaiddowninArticle20(1)(b)ofDirective 77/93/EEC.
Artiele3
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels, FortheCouncil
ThePresident