98/159/EC: Commission Decision of 16 February 1998 on the carrying out of Community trials and tests on propagating and planting material of certain species under Article 20(2) of Council Directive 91/682/EEC
Date: 1998-02-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: comparative study, harmonisation of standards, horticulture, marketing, plant health control, plant propagation

21. 2. 98

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 52/37

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 February 1998

on the carrying out of Community trials and tests on propagating and planting
material of certain species under Article 20(2) of Council Directive 91/682/EEC

(98/159/EC)

Committee for Propagating Material and Ornamental
Plants,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. Community trials and tests shall be carried out
during 1997-99 on propagating and planting material of
Pelargonium and Dianthus.

2.

The samples shall be drawn officially.

shall

States

in the
3. All Member
Community comparative trials and tests,
in so far as
propagating material of the species mentioned in para-
graph 1 are usually propagated or marketed on their ter-
ritory.

participate

Article 2

The general arrangements for the carrying out of the
Community comparative trials and tests and the evalu-
ation of their results shall be made within the Standing
Committee for Propagating Material and Ornamental
Plants.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 16 February 1998.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/682/EEC of 19
December 1991 on the marketing of ornamental plant
propagating material and ornamental plants (1), as last
amended by Commission Decision 97/108/EC (2), and in
particular Article 20(2) and (4) thereof,

Whereas under this Directive trials, or, where appropriate,
tests shall be carried out
in the Member States on
samples to check that propagating material or ornamental
plants of species listed therein comply with the require-
ments and conditions of the said Directive;

Whereas to this end, it is essential, in particular in the
early stages of the Directive’s implementation, to ensure
adequate representation of the samples participating in
the trials or tests for the different origins of production in
the entire Community, at least for certain selected crops;

Whereas it is therefore necessary to carry out Community
trials and tests in 1997-99 on propagating and planting
material of Pelargonium and Dianthus;

Whereas it is necessary for all Member States to parti-
cipate in the Community trials and tests, in so far as
propagating material of Pelargonium and Dianthus are
usually reproduced or marketed on their territory in order
to ensure that proper conclusions may be drawn there-
from;

Whereas these Community trials and tests will be used to
harmonize, in the first instance, the technical methods of
examination of propagating and planting material of
these species;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are
the Standing
in accordance with the opinion of

(1) OJ L 376, 31. 12. 1991, p. 21.
(2) OJ L 39, 8. 2. 1997, p. 20.