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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(79)652 final
Brussels-16November 1979
Proposalfora
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amendingDirective 66/403/EEConthemarketingofseedpotatoes
(presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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C0M(79)652final

«
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Imports ofseed potatoes totheCommunity from non-member countries are
subject to
-theCommunity plant health arrangements ,
-theequivalence ofthesystem forclassifying seed potatoes ,in
accordance with Council Directive 66/403/EEConthemarketing ofseed
potatoes .
Under present circumstances there areplant health objections toseed
potatoes from Canada . ~
TheCommunity plant health arrangements forbid such seed potatoes from
being imported into theCommunity except bywayofexception ,under strict
conditions and for alimited period .
However ,inorder toallow use tobemade ofthe limited period referred to
above ,itisnecessary toadapt theperiod ofvalidity oftheequivalence
records made inthis respect .Seed potatoes introduced under these rules
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mayaccordingly bemarketed only .intheMember States which domake useof
it.

Proposal for a
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
amending Directive 66/403/EEC orithemarketing ofseed potatoes
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
and inparticular Article 43thereof , .
Having -regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Having regard totheopinion oftheEuropean Parliament ,.
Whereas ,pursuant toArticle 15ofCouncil Directive 66/403/EEC of
(1)14June 1966 onthemarketing ofseed potatoes ,aslast amended by
(2)Directive 78/816/EEC ,inprinciple after 1July 1975 Member States may
nolonger themselves establish theequivalance ofinspections andchecks
carried out inthird countries ;
Whereas ,however ,Member States were authorized toextend thevalidity
ofdecisions onequivalance already taken bythem ,since thework intended
toenable such equivalance tobeestablished atCommunity level hadnot
yetbeen completed ;whereas such anextension hasbeen operated in
practice only asregards Canada ;
Whereas theuseofthis power ofextension issubject totheCommunity
rules onplant health ;
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Whereas byvirtue ofthese rules seed potatoes originating from Canada
canonly ,atthis stage ,beintroduced into theCommunity bywayof
derogation ,subject tostringent conditions andfor alimited period .
OJNo125,11.7.1966 ,p.2320 /66
20JNoL281,6.10.1978 ,-6.10.1978 ,p.18

Whereas toestablish equivalence atCommunity level would atthis stage be
pointless ;
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Whereas ,however ,Drovision should bemade toenable theabovementioned
limited period tmbeused ,whereas.it isconsequently necessary toextend
the validity ofdecisions onequivalence already taken byMember States .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE : . ,
Article 1
Without prejudice totheprovisions ofCouncil Directive 77/93/EEC of
21December 1976 onprotective measures against theintroduction into theMembe
States ofharmful organisms ofplant orplant products (3)the date
•30June 1979 *inArticle 15(2)a ofDirective 66/403/EEC is
replaced by'31March 1980' .
Article 2 ,
Member States shall bring into force the laws ,regulations andadministrative
provisions necessary tocomply with this Directive with effect from 1July
1979 andshall forthwith inform theCommission thereof ...
Article 3
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atBrussels ,
(3)0JNo26,31.1.1977 ,p.20