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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)447 final
Brussels,10September1981
Proposalfora
FourthCouncilDecisionof ontheequivalence of
seedpotatoesproducedinnon-membercountries
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
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C0M(81)447final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Bydecisions72/294/EEC,75/370/EECand78/691/EEC,theCouncilhasdeclared
thatseedpotatoesharvestedandofficiallycontrolledinAustria,Switzerland
andPolvndaffordthesameassurancesasseespotatoesharvestedandcontrolled
withintheCommunity. *
Thevalidityofthisequivalence expiringon30June1981,suchequivalence
shouldberetainedforafurtherthreeyearssincetheconditions onwhichthe
Communityfindingswerebasedattheoutsetarestillfulfilled.
Thisdecisionshallapplyfrom1July1981to30June1984.

FOURTHCOUNCILDECISION
ontheequivalence ofseedpotatoes ,producedinnon-membercountries
THECOUNCILOF'THEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES /.., , ■
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective 66/403/EECof14June1966onthemarketing
ofseedpotatoes(1),aslastamendedbyDirective 80/52/EEC(2),andinpar­
ticularArticle15C1)thereof, .-'
Havingregardto.theproposalfromtheCommission,
Whereas,byDecisions 72/294/EEC(3)and75/370/EEC(4)and78/691/EEC(5),
theCouncilhasdeclaredthatseedpotatoesharvested andofficially controlled
inAustria,Switzerland andPolandaffordthesameassurances asseedpotatoes
harvested andcontrolledwithintheCommunity; ■
Whereasthevalidityofthisequivalence expireson30June1981;whereas,
however,suchequivalence shouldberetainedforafurtherthreeyearssince
theconditions onwhichtheCommunityfindingswerebasedattheoutsetare
stillfulfilled; ,\ ■
WhereasthisDecisiondoesnotpreventCommunityfindingsfrombeingrevoked
ortheperiodoftheirvalidityfromnotbeingextendedifitbecomesapparent
thattheconditions onwhichsuchfindingsarebasedarenotorarenolonger
fulfiIled;. ..
Whereas,therefore,furtherpracticalinformation onseedpotatoesproducedin
theabo^ementioned countriesshouldbeobtainedbygrowingandcheckingsamples
ofsuchseedwithintheframeworkofcomparative Communitytests; "
WhereasthisDecisiondoesnotaffectrequirements whichMemberStates
establishunderCouncilDirective 77/93/EECof21December1976onprotective
measuresagainsttheintroduction intotheMemberStatesoforganismsharmful
toplantsorplantproducts (6),aslastamendedbyDirective 81/7/EEC(7),
(1)O.J.N0125,11/7/1966,p.2320/66
(2)O.J.N°L18,24/1/1980,p.29
(3)O.J.N°L186,16/8/1972,p.43
(4)O.J.N°L164,27/6/1975,p.43
(5)O.J.N°L236,25/7/1978,p.10
C6XO.J.N°L26,31/1/1977,p.20
(7)O.J.N°L14,16/1/1981,p.23./.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Arti cte 1
Itishereby declared that ,where the conditions Laid r'own :ntheAnnex
Part .II ,hereto are satisfied , seed potatoes which areharvested inthe
countries specified intheAnnex Part I .hereto ?ndofficially
controlled bytheauthorities listed therein andwhich belong tothe cate­
gories specified therein areequivalent toseed potatoes ofcorresponding
categories harvested within theCommunity andcomply with Directive
66/403 /EEC .
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1July 1981 to30June 1984 ."
Article 3
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .
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Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil

ANNEX
PART I-TABLE
Categories
•Country .Service Inthe country
concernedInthe Community
1 2 3 4
-Burgenlandi sehe Landwirt -
schaf tskammer ,Lisenstadt *
1 -ν 5»-Landwirtschaftskammer für
Kärnten ,Klagenfurt
-Niederösterreichnische Lan­
des-Landwirtschaftskammer ,,
Wient
-Landwirtschaftskammer für
Oberösterreich ,Linz /O.0.Elite Basic seed «
potatoes
-Landeskammer fur Land -und
Forstwirtschaft Steiermarkt
GrazOriginal
-Klasse ACertified seed
potatoes
"Landeskammer fürTirol ,
Innsbruck-Klasse Β
»Kammer für Land**· und Forst -
wirtschaft inSalzburg ,
Salzburgt
-Landwi rtschaf tsl;ammer für
Vorarlberg ,Brecjenz
-Wiener Landwi rtçchafts -v ,
kammer ,Wien i
Inspekcja Nasienn ^,Okregowy
Inspektorat■
-Bialystok
-Bydgoszcz
-Gdansk · ■ ·
-Katowice
-Kielce
-Koszalin
-Krakow
-Lublin ·/
-Lodz
-Olsztyn
-Opole
-Poznan ■, .
-Rzeszow
-Szczecin
-Warszawa
-Wroclaw
-Zielona Gora-Super Elite
-Elite
Original
-Classe A
Classe ΒBasi cseed
potatoes
Certified seed
potatoes
I

Country Service"Categories ί·
»
Inthecountry
concernedt
IntheCommunity;
ï
1 2 3 4
-Stationfédéralederecherches
agronomiques,Nyon
-Eidgenössische Landwirtschaft-
licheForschungsansta It,
ZürichPlantscertifiés
■*ClasseA
-ClasseΒ
Anerkanntes Pflanz-
gut
-KlasseA
-KlasseΒCertifiedseedf.
potatoes|
i
ι

PARTII
Conchtions
f»
1.Seedpotatoesshallbeofficiallycertifiedandtheircontainers
officiallymarkedandsealedinaccordancewiththeEuropeanstandard
forseedpotatoesrecom/nendedbytheWorkingPartyonStandardization
ofPerishableFoodstuffsoftheEconomicCommissionforEurope.
2^Fieldinspectionshallbe<carriedoutbytheservicesofcountryproducer
orbyanylegalpersonwhethergovernedbypublicorbyprivatelawof-
thatcountry,actingundertheresponsibility ofsuchservices,provided
thatsuchpersonderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection.
•3.Allparticularsshallbeprovidedinatleastoneoftheofficiallanguages
oftheEuropeanCommunities .
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4.Thecolourofthelabelshallbe:
-whiteforbasicseedpotatoes,
-blueforcertifiedseedpotatoes.