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COMMISSION OFTHE:EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
-COM(77)445final.
Brussels,21September1977
AmendmentoftheCommissionproposalforaCouncilDirectiveamending
Directives66/400/EEC,66/401/EEC,66/402/SEC,66/403/EEC,68/193/EEC,
69/208/ESC,70/458/EECand70/457/SEConthemarketingof"beetseed,
fodderplantseed,cerealseed,seedpotatoes,materialforthevegetative
propagationofthevine,seedofoilandfibreplants,vetetableseedand
onthecommoncatalogueofvarietiesofagricultural plantspecies
(submittedtotheCouncil "bytheCommission
pursuanttothesecondparagraphofArticle
149oftheEECTreaty)* .
COI'(77)445final.

AmendmentoftheCommission proposalforaCouncilDirective amending
Directives 66/400/EEC,66/401/EEC,66/402/EEC,66/403/EEC,68/193/EEC,
69/208/EEC,70/458/EECand70/457/EEConthemarketingofbeetseed,
fodderplantseed,cerealseed,seedpotatoes,materialforthevegetative
propagation ofthevine,seedofoilandfibreplants,vegetable seed
andonthecommoncatalogueofvarietiesofagricultural plantspecies
2.Backqround :
InAccordance withArticle15paragraph 2sentence 2oftheDirective
66/403/EECof14June1966(1),atlastamendedbyDirective 76/307/EEC
of15March1976(2)Italyhaseachyeartraditionally importedCanadian
seedpotatoes.Thispossibility expiredon31December1976according
toArticle15paragraph 2aofthesaidDirective.However,on24March
1977theCommission submittedfortheCouncilinproposal Com(77)98
finalanequivalence ofCanadianseedpotatoesatCommunitylevel.With
adoption,intimeofthisproposalItalywouldhavehadthepossibility
tocontinueitsimportsofCanadianseedpotatoesduringtheseason1977
whichstartsinSeptember.However,itappearsthattheCouncilisnot
yetabletocompletetheexamination ofthisproposal.Therefore,in
ordertoavoiddisturbingexistingtradepatternsinthemean-time,itis
necessarytoextendthevalidityofthenationalitalianmeasuresinasui­
tableway.
ThereforeArticle15paragraph 2aofthesaidDirective hastobeamended.
Asotherprovisions ofthisDirective havetobeamendedinaccordance
withtheCommission proposal Com(77)162final(3)submittedtothe
Councilon13May1977itseemsinordertocompletethislatterproposal.
(1)OJN°125,11/7/1966,p.2320/66
(2)OJN°L72,18/3/1976,p.16
(3)OJN°C130,3/6/1977-p.2

3.Amendment oftheDirective proposal
3.1 After the6th 'whereas *thefollowing 'whereas *shall "beadded :
"Whereas ,since thework intended ,toenable such equivalence ofproduction
and controls inthird countries for seed potatoes to "bedetermined at
Community level hasnotyet "been completed ,,theMember States should "be
granted thepossibility ofextending thevalidity ofdecisions on
equivalence already taken "bythem ,inorder toprevent traditional trade
patterns being disturbed ."
3.2 InArticle 4»thefollowing shall "beadded :
"7a.InArticle 15(2a)."31December 1976"shall read "30June 1978"»