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COMMISSION OrTHE2UEGEBANCOMMUMTIES
COM(75)170 final
Brussels .22April 1975
PROPOSAL FOR A
Second Council Decision onthe equivalence of
seed potatoes produced inthird countries
PROPOSAL FOR A
Fourth Council Decision onthe equivalence of
field inspections carried out inthird countries on
seed producing crops
PROPOSAL FOR A
Fourth Council Decision onthe
equivalence ofseed produced inthird ,countries
(submitted' totheCouncil bytheCommission )
COM(75 )170final

1301/VI/75-E
JUSTIFICATION
Inaccordance with the Council Directives onthe
marketing ofseeds andpropagating materials ,such materials if
produced inthird countries may only circulate within theCommunity
oncondition that the Council has determined that these materials are
equivalent toseeds andpropagating materials harvested andcertified
orinspected within theCommunity andcomplying with theprovisions
ofthese Directives .
These measures are essentially intended toput the
production ofthird countries onthe same footing asCommunity pro­
duction ,which issubject tocertain quality standards andvery strict
official inspection forcompliance with these standards ,and toexclude
discrimination .
Atthepresent time the Council ,bymeans ofDecisions ,
hasalready recognised foralimited period theequivalence ofthe
certification orinspection systems ofmost ofthethird countries
which traditionally supply theCommunity with seeds andpropagating
materials .
These proposals areintended ,onthe onehand ,to
complete theequivalences already granted tocertain third countries
and ,ontheother ,torenew and complete certain other Decisions
adopted in1972 andwhose validity expires on30June 1975-

PHOPOSAL FOR A
■L'
Second Council Decision of...ontheequivalence ofseed
potatoes produced inthird countries

Second Council Decision of ontheequivalence ofseed potatoes
produced inthird countries
THE COUNCIL OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
Having regard totheCouncil Directive 66/^03/EECofl*fJune 1966 (l)on
themarketing ofaaod potatcm ^aslast amended bytheCouncil Directive
73/^38of11December 1973 (2)andinparticular Article 15(l)thereof
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas theCouncil hasdeclared byitsFirst Decision N°72/29VEEC of
20July 1972 (3)»that seed potatoes harvested andofficially controlled
inAustria andinSwitzerland afford thesame assurances asseed pota­
toes harvested andcontrolled within theCommunity j
Whereas this Decision only appli e«until 30June 1975 }
Whereas there are also rules inPoland providing avarietal andqualita­
tive control ofseed potatoes ;
Whereas those rules and themanner inwhich they areapplied have been
reviewed ;whereas this review has established that the conditions
governing seed potatoes harvested andcontrolled inthis country as
regards their characters ,andthearrangements fortheir examination ,
forensuring their identity ,formarking andforcontrol afford the
same assurances asseed potatoes harvested andcontrolled within the
Community j
Whereas ,ifitbecomes apparent that theconditions onwhich Community
determinations arebased arenot orarenolonger satisfied ,those
determinations will berevoked ortheperiod oftheir validity will not
beextended ; ' /
(1)OJN°125 ,11/7/1966 ,p.2320/66
(2)OJN°L356 ,27/12/1973 ,S.79
(3)OJN°L186 ,16/8/1972 ,S.k3

Whereas further practical information onseed potatoes produced inthe
abovementioned countries should therefore beobtained bygrowing and
checking samples ofsuch seed incomparative Community tests j
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
Itis .hereby declared that ,where thespecial conditions laid down
intheAnnex tothis Decision aresatisfied ,seed potatoes harvested
inth,e countries andofficially controlled bytheauthorities listed
intheAnnex tothis Decision andbelonging tothe categories specified
therein areequivalent toseed potatoes ofcorresponding categories
harvested within theCommunity andcomplying with theCouncil Directive
of1^June 1966 onthemarketing ofseed potatoes .
Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1July 1975 to30June 1978 .
Article 3
This Decision isaddressed tothe Member States .

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5de»Country
AustriaService
Burgenlàndische
Landwirtschaftskammer
Eisenstadt
Landwirtschaftskammer
fürKärnten,Klagenfürt
Niederösterreichische
Landes-Landwirtschafts -
kammer,Wien
Landwirtschaftskammer .
fürOberÖstereich ,Linz
0.0.
Landeskammer fürLand-
undForstwirtschaft
Steiermark,Graz
Landeskammer fürTirol,
Innsbruck
KammerfürLand-und
Forstwirtschaft -in
Salzburg,Salzburg
Landwirtschaftskammer
fürVorarlbergBregenz
WienerLandwirtschafts -
kammer,WienCatégories
intheCountry
concerned
Elite
Original
-KlasseA
-KlasseBmtheCoramu-
nity
Basic
seed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoes.Spécial
conditions
1|2,3Α·
1,2,3,^
ι

-2-ï\*r
Or-
âer
NoCountry
Poland
Switzer­
landService
WojewAdzkichInspekota-
t<§wKontroliMaterialu
Siewnego(WIKMS)(Dis-
InspectionAuthorities
forSeedControl)
-Bialystok
-Bydgoszcz
-Gdânsk
-Katowice
-Kielce
-Koszalin
-Krakôw
-Lublin
-16dz
-Olstyn
-Opole
-Poznân
-Rzessdw
-Szczecin
-Warszawa
-Wroclaw
-ZielenaGéra
Stationfederalede
recherches agrono­
miques,Lausexne
Eidgenössische
Landwirtschaftliche
Forschungsanstalt ,
Zürich-RechenholzCatégories
intheCountry
concerned
-Super
Elite
-Elite
-Original
-ClassA
-ClassB
Plants
certifiés
-ClassA
-ClassBinthe
Coramunity
Basic
seed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoes
Certified
seed
potatoesSpécial
conditions
1.2,M
SPECIALCONDITIONS
1.Seedpotatoesshallbeofficiallycertifiedandtheircontainersoffi­
ciallysealedandmarkedinaccordancewithnationalprovisions.Seed
potatoesshallmeettherequirements ofCommunityrulesandconform
totheEuropeanstandardforseedpotatoesrecommended bytheWorking
PartyonStandardization ofPerishableFoodstuffsoftheEconomic
CommissionforEurope.
2.FieldinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyStateauthoritesorbyany
legalpersonwhethergovernedbypublicorbyprivatelaw,acting
undertheresponsibility ofsuchauthorities ,providedthatsuch
personderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection.

Anychemicaltreatmentoftheseedpotatoesshallbenotedeither
ontheofficiallabeloronaspeciallabelandonthecontainer i
insideit.„..
Thecolourofthelabelshallbe:
-whiteforbasicseedpotatoes;
-blueforcertifiedseedpotatoes
Allinformationshallbegivenin•atleastoneoftheofficial
languagesoftheEuropeanCommunities .

PROPOSAI ..FORA
FourthCouncilDecisionof....ontheequivalence offield
inspections carriedoutinthirdcountriesonseed-producing
- crops

Forth Council Decision of ontheequivalence offield inspections
carried outinthird countries onseed-f roduci;i ^crops
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community
Having regard toCouncil Directive N°66/^0^EEC (1)of14June 1966 ,on
themarketing ofcereal _se«d . .,aslast amended byDirective
N°73/^38/EEC ,(2)eindinparticular Article 16 (l)(a)thereof j
Having regard toCouncil Directive N°69/208/EEC (3)of30June 1969 on
themarketing ofseed ofoiland fibre plants ,aslast amended by
Directive N°73/^38/EEC ,andinparticular Article 15(l)(a)thereof f
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ;
Whereas there are rules onseed control inAustralia and inHungary {
whereas these rules provide forofficial field inspection tobecarried
out during theperiod ofseed production ?
Whereas these rules and themanner inwhich they areapplied have been
reviewed andwhereas this review has established that theprescribed
field inspections satisfy theconditions laid down inAnnex Itothe
abovementioned Directives 5
Whereas this Decision does notpreclude Community determinations being
revoked orextension oftheperiod oftheir validity being refused ,
when theconditions onwhich they arebased arenot orcease tobe
satisfied ;whereas ,tothis end ,further practical information onseed
produced intheabovementioned countries should beobtained bygrowing
andchecking samples ofsuch seed incomparative Community tests ;
Whereas afurther amendment isnecessary owing toatransfer ofpowers
within anational authority responsible forofficial seed control ,
./■
(1)OJN°125 ,11/7/1966 ,p.2309/66
(2)OJN°L356 ,27/12/1973 ,P.79 '
(3)OJN°L169 ,10/7/1969 ,p.3.

HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
Itisherebydeterminedthat,wherethespecialconditionslaiddown
intheAnnextothisDecisionaresatisfied,fieldinspections of
cropsproducingseedofthe"certifiedseed"categorycarriedout
inthecountriesandbytheauthoritieslistedinthesaidAnnex
andinrespectofthespeciesspecifiedthereinsatisfytheconditions
laiddowninAnnexItoDirectiveN°66/402/EECor69/208/EEC.
Article2
IntheAnnextoFirstCouncilDecisionN°72/292/EEC(4)of20July
1972ontheequivalence offieldinspectionscarriedoutinthird
countriesonseed-producing crops,underreferencenumber21thewords
"DepartmentofPrimaryIndustries" incolumn3shall
bereplacedbythewords"DepartmentofAgriculture"i
Article 3
IntheAnnextoThirdCouncilDecisionN°7V3^8/EEC(5)of27June
197^ontheequivalenceoffieldinspectionscarriedoutinthird
countriesonseed-producing crops,underreferencenumber1thewords
"DepartmentofPrimaryIndustries", 1vincolumn3tshall
be.replacedbythewords"DepartmentofAgriculture".
■Articlek
ThisDecisionshallapplyuntil30June1976*
Article5
ThisDecisionisadressedtotheMjonherStates.
(4)0JN°L186,16/8/197^,p.30■
(5)OJN°L191,15/7/197^,p.11

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!R'if .
|Ko.Country Authority Species
v i . .•1~~ 1 1
i
Spécial '
conditions :
1 2 3 k
! ■5
i Australia Department ofAgriculture
CanberraSwede rape 1|2,3Λ
2Hungary Orszagos
Vetomagfeliigyeloseg I
(Hungarian Seed Control j
Office ) i
|BudapestBlack
Ryemustard
i1.2,3,4
1,2,3 ,**
' -
Spécial conditions
1.Field inspection shall becarried out inaccordance with national
rules fortheapplication ofthescheme forthevarietal certifica­
tion ofseed moving ininternational trade oftheOrganization for
Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD ).
2.Field inspection shall becarried outbyState authorities orby
any -legal person *-whether governed bypublic orbypfivate law ,
.V .acting under theresponsibility ofsuch authorities ,provided that
such person derives noprivate gain from theresult oftheinspection .
3.Harvested seed shall bepacked in -Officially sealed packages which
bear anofficial label giving thefollowing information :
(a)authority responsible andcountry ,
(b)species , : ■.
(c)variety ,
(d)reference number ofthebasic seed and .name oftheMember State
which certified theseed , .< ■■
(e)reference number ofthelot ,
(f)declared netorgross weight ,
(g)thewords "non-certified seed "
Allinformation shall begiven inatleast oneoftheofficial lan­
guages oftheEuropean Communities .

-k-
4.Anofficialnoticeshallgivethefollowinginformation :
-areacultivated,
-quantityofharvestedseed,
-anattestation thatthecropsfromwhichtheseedcomeshave
satisfiedanofficialfieldinspection.

PROPOSALFORA
?:..Г*1Л5* *
FourthCouncilDecisionof•onthe.equivalence of
seedproducedinthirdcountries

Fourth Council Decision of•••••>• ontheequivalence ofseed produced
inthird countries .,
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Econoraic Community
Having regard toCouncil Directive N°66/402/EEC (1)oflUJune 1966 on
themarketing of -cereal seed -,aslast amended byDirective N°
73/^38/EEC (2),andinparticular Article 16(l)(b)thereof ;
Having regard toCouncil Directive N°69/20&/EECof)3Q-'JHno J$69 ,(3)on .<
themarketing ofseed ofoilandfibre plants ,aslast amended by
Directive N°73/^38/EEC ,andinparticular Article 15(1)(b)thereof }
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission j
Whereas there arerules onseed control inAustralir .and inHungary j
Whereas areview ofthese rules andthemanner inwhich they areapplied
has demonstrated that the conditions governing seed harvested and con­
trolled inthese countries afford the same assurances asregards the
seed 'scharacteristics ,identity ,examination ,marking andcontrol as
dotheconditions applicable toseed harvested andcontrolled within
theCommunity ;
Whereas ,ifitbecomes apparent that theconditions onwhich Community
determinations arebased arenotorarenolonger satisfied ,this
Decision does notprevent these determinations being revoked oran
extension oftheperiod oftheir validity beingrefused jwhereas for
this purpose further practical information onseed produced inthe
abovementioned countries should therefore beobtained bygrowing and
checking samples ofsuch seed incomparative Community tests j
*/•
(1)OJN®125 ,11/7/1966 ,p.2309/66
(2)OJNeL356 ,27/12/1973 ,p.79
(3)OJN°L169 ,10/7/1969 ,P.3

Whereas further amendments arenecessary owing toatransfer ofpowers
within thenational authorities responsible forofficial seed control ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
Itishereby declared that ,where thespecial conditions laid downm
theAnnex aresatisfied ,seed harvested inthe countries andofficially
controlled bytheauthorities listed inthesaid Annex andbelonging
tothespecies andcategories specified therein isequivalent toseed
ofthecorresponding categories harvested within the Community and
complying with Directive N°66/kC2/EECor69/208/EE.
Article 2
IntheAnnex toFirst Council Decision N°72/293/EEC (4)of20July
1972 ontheequivalence ofseed produced inthird countries ,under
reference number 21,thewords "Department ofPrimary Industries ",
which appear incolumn 3»shall bereplaced bythewords "Department
ofAgriculture ".
Article 3
IntheAnnex toThird Decision N°7^/3^9/EEC (5)of27June 197^on
theequivalence ofseed produced inthird countries ,under reference
number 1,thewords "Department ofPriasry Industries "shall bereplaced
bythewords "Department ofAgriculture ".
Article k
This Decision shall apply until 30June 1976 .
(4)OJN°L186 ,16/8/1972 ,p.30
(5)OJN°L191 ,15/7/197^,p.17/

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Artide 5
This decision isadressed toth®&on»er' States *

ANNEX
Country Authonty
Australia
HungaryDepartment
ofAgricul­
ture
Canberra
Orszàgos (
Vetomagfe-(
liigyloség (
(Hungarian C
SeedCon~
trolOffice)
BudapestSpeçies
Swederape..*
Blackraustard
EyeCategories
intheCoun-intheCommu-
.try nity •
Basicsëèd
-Certified
seed.
-Basicseed
-Certified
seed
-BasicSeed
»Certified
Seed-Basicseed
-Certified
seed
-Basicseed
-Certified
seed
»BasicSeed
-Certified
SeedSpécial
conditions
1,2,3,^,5,6 ,
1,2,3,^*5,6
1,2,3,^,5,6
1,2,3,^,5,6
1,2,3,^,5,6
1,2,3,^,5,6
Spécialconditions
1.Seedshallbeofficiallycertifiedanditspackagesofficiallysealed
andmarkedinaccordance withtheschemeforthevarietalcertifica­
tionofseedmovingininternational tradeoftheOrganization for
EconomicCooperation andDevelopment (OECD).Thequalityofthe
seedshallmeettherequirements ofCommunityrules.
2.FieldinspectionshallbecarriedoutbyStateauthorities orbyany
legalperson,whethergovernedbypublicorbyprivatelaw,acting
undertheresponsibility ofsuchauthorities ,providedthatsuch
personderivesnoprivategainfromtheresultoftheinspection#
3«Theofficiallabelshallgivethefollowingadditionalinformation :
(a)dateofofficiaisealing .
(b)astatementthatthe
Thisinformation mayappearonanotherofficiallabelwhich,Ins
addition,shallgivek&enameoftheauthorityandofthecountry#
k.Anychemicaltreatmentsoftheseedshallbenotedeitheronthe
officiallabeloronaspeciallabelandonthepackageorinsideit»

5*Anofficialnoticeplacedinside..the.packageshallgiveatleastthe
referencenumberofthelottthespeciesandthevariety,.
Thisnoticeisnotnecessaryiftheminimuminformationisprinted
indeliblyonthepackage.
6.Allinformation'requiredforofficiallabels,officialnoticesand
packagesshallbegiveninatleastoneoftheofficiallanguages
oftheEuropeanCommunities.