Commission Directive 1999/67/EC of 28 June 1999 amending Directive 93/49/EEC setting out the schedule indicating the conditions to be met by ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC
Date: 1999-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: horticulture, labelling, transport document

L 164/78

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

30. 6. 1999

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/67/EC

of 28 June 1999

amending Directive 93/49/EEC setting out the schedule indicating the conditions
to be met by ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants
pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July
1998 on the marketing of propagating material of orna-
mental plants (1), and in particular Article 20(3) thereof,

appropriate to delete the obsolete provisions of
Directive 93/49/EEC;

(4) Whereas

in this
the measures provided for
Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee on Propagating Material of
Ornamental Plants,

of

ornamental

(1) Whereas schedules were established by Commis-
sion Directive 93/49/EEC (2) pursuant to Council
Directive 91/682/EEC, (3), as
last amended by
Commission Decision 1999/9/EC (4),
on the
marketing
propagating
material and ornamental plants, in particular the
conditions related to quality (health, identity and
purity relative to the genus or species, or where
appropriate as to the variety and, in the case of
seeds, germination capacity) and to the label or
other document made up by the supplier giving
the particulars needed both for official control and
for information of the grower;

plant

(2) Whereas Directive 91/682/EEC is repealed with
effect from 1 July 1999 and replaced by Directive
98/56/EC;

(3) Whereas certain conditions laid down in Directive
93/49/EEC have been incorporated in Directive
98/56/EC and other conditions are dealt with by
Commission Directive 1999/66/EC (5); whereas in
accordance with Article 5(5) of Directive 98/56/EC
the Commission may on certain conditions estab-
lish a schedule for a particular genus or species,
laying down additional conditions concerning the
quality with propagating material when marketed
the
must
Commission is currently reviewing Directive 93/
49/EEC, applying the criteria set up in the above-
is
mentioned provisions; whereas, at present

comply; whereas

this purpose

for

it

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Directive 93/49/EEC is hereby amended as follows:

1. the following provisions are hereby deleted with effect

from 1 July 1999:
 Article 1,
 Article 2,
 Article 3(2) to (4),
 Article 4(2) to (4),
 Article 5;

2. the following provisions are hereby deleted with effect

from 31 December 1999:
 Article 6.

Article 2

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 28 June 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 226, 13.8.1998, p. 16.
(2) OJ L 250, 7.10.1993, p. 9.
(3) OJ L 376, 31.10.1991, p. 21.
(4) OJ L 5, 9.1.1999, p. 75.
(5) See page 76 of this Official Journal.