1999/11/EC: Commission Decision of 18 December 1998 on the carrying out of Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of fruit plants under Council Directive 92/34/EEC (notified under document number C(1998) 4258)
Date: 1998-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: comparative study, fruit-growing, marketing, plant health control, plant propagation, seedling

9. 1. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 5/83

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 December 1998

on the carrying out of Community comparative trials and tests on propagating
and planting material of fruit plants under Council Directive 92/34/EEC

(notified under document number C(1998) 4258)

(1999/11/EC)

Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit Genera and
Species,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. Community comparative trials and tests shall be
carried out during 1998/2000 on propagating and
planting material of Ribes spp.

States

2. All Member
in the
Community comparative trials and tests, in so far as prop-
agating or planting material of Ribes spp.
is usually
propagated or marketed in their territories.

participate

shall

Article 2

The detailed arrangements for the carrying out of the
Community comparative trials and tests and the assess-
ment
shall be made within the
Standing Committee on Propagating Material and Plants
of Fruit Genera and Species.

the results

thereof

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 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 92/34/EEC of 28
April 1992 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating
material and fruit plants intended for fruit production (1),
as last amended by Decision 97/110/EC (2), and in partic-
ular Article 20(2) thereof,

Whereas under this Directive comparative trials or, where
appropriate, tests shall be carried out in the Member
States on samples to check that propagating material or
fruit plants of genera and species listed therein comply
with the requirements 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 and 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
comparative trials and tests in 1998/2000 on propagating
and planting material of Ribes spp.;

Whereas it is necessary for all Member States to partici-
pate in the Community comparative trials and tests, in so
far as propagating or planting material of Ribes spp. is
usually propagated or marketed in their territories,
in
order to ensure that proper conclusions may be drawn
therefrom;

Whereas these Community comparative trials and tests
will be used to harmonise, in the first instance, the tech-
examination of propagating and
nical methods of
planting material of these species;

(1) OJ L 157, 10. 6. 1992, p. 10.
(2) OJ L 39, 8. 2. 1997, p. 22.