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ProposalforaCouncilDirectiveonthe
controlofcarnationleaf-rollers
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
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688/VI/7*t-E
Explanatory note
Adraft Council Directive onprovisions toprevent theintroduction of
organisms harmful toplant life into theMember States ispresently
being examined atCouncil .
This draft provides among other things that theMember States may no
longer place anabsolute prohibition ontheimportation ,into their
territory ,ofcut flowers contaminated by o©nation leaf-rollers .
This limitation ofphytosanitary prerogatives isacceptable toa
certain number ofMember States only oncondition that measures onthe
control ofOaraation leaf-rollers betaken systematically throughout
the Community .
This proposal seeks toguarantee such systematic control measures .

Proposal foraCouncil Directive - onthe control' of
carnation leaf-rollers
THECOUNCIL CFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
andinparticular Article k3thereof }
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission f
Having regard totheOpinion oftheEuropean Parliament j
Whereas theproduction ofcarnations occupies animportant place inCommu­
nity agriculture }
Whereas thecarnation yield isconstantly threatened byharmful organisms
Whereas ,through theprotection ofcarnation cultivation against such
harmful organisms ,notonly should productive capacity bemaintained but
also agricultural productivity increased ;
Whereas protective measures toprevent the .introduction ofharmful orga­
nisms into individual Member States would have only alimited effect if
such organisms were not controlled simultaneously andmethodically through
outtheCommunity andwere notprevented from spreading f
Whereas organisms most harmful tocarnations arethemediterranean and
South African leaf-rollers 5
Whereas these harmful organisms have occurred inseveral Member States ;
Whereas there isapermanent risk tocarnation cultivation throughout the
Community ifeffective measures arenottaken tocontrol these harmful
organisms and toprevent them from spreading ;688/VI/7^-E
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onthe control' of

-2- 688/VI/7
Whereas ,inorder toeradicate these harmful organisms minimum provi­
sions must beadopted fortheCommunity ;whereas Member States must
beable toadopt additional orstricter provisions ,where these are
notcontrary totheprovisions ofArticle -36oftheTreaty j
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Article 1
This directive concerns the minimum measures tobetaken within the
Member States tocontrol carnation leaf-rollers and toprevent itfrom
spreading .
Article 2
Forthepurposes ofthis Directive ,
"Carnation leaf-roller "means the Mediterranean carnation leaf-roller
/Cacoecimorpha pronubana Hb7and -theSouth African carnation leaf-
roller f"Epichoristodes acerbella (Walk .)Diak .7*
Article 3
1.TheMember State3 shall provide that carnation cultures (Dianthus L.)
which are contaminated bycarnation leaf-rollers must betreated in
such away that the carnations produced from them arenolonger con­
taminated atthetime when they areput into circulation ,and that
carnations may only beput into circulation ifthey are uncontamina­
tedbycarnation leaf-rollers .
2.Byway' ofderogation from paragraph 1,cutcarnation flowers slightly
contaminated bycarnation leaf-rollers may beput into circulation
from 16October to30April .
Article
TheMember States shall prohibit theholding ofcarnation leaf-rollers .
./

*3- 688/νΐ/7^-Ε
Article5...
1*Member States may authorize ;
(a)derogations from themeasures referred toinArticles 3and^
forscientific purposes ,tests orselection work }
(b)bywayofderogation from Article 3,theputting into circula­
tion ofcutcarnation flowers slightly contaminated with carna­
tion leaf-roll from 1Ma;*to15October .
2.The Member States shall ensure that the authorizations referred to-
inparagraph 1aregranted only where adequate controls g^rrantee
that they donotprejudice the coatrol ofcarnation leaf-oollers
and create norisk ofthespread ofthese harmful organisms .
Member States ,may adopt additional orstricter provisions tocontrol
carnation leaf-rollers ortopreroni them from spreading tothe extent
that such provisions arenecessary forthis control orprevention ..
Art * 7 *
1.TheMember States shall bring irto force themeasures necessary to
comply with this Directive with 5,-1ayear following itsnotification
andshall forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
2.Furthermore , ■from thetime they arenotified ofthis Directive ,the
Member Lzetes shall ensure thac anysubsequent draft lav ,regula­
tion oradministrative provision vhich they intend toadopt inthe
field covered bythis .Directive - communicated ,totheCommission
ingood time sothat itmaypresent its ,comments thereon .
Artíele •8
This Directive isaddressed tothe Member States .
Done atBrussels . For the Council
The President