2000/320/EC: Commission Decision of 11 April 2000 authorising Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC (notified under document number C(2000) 951) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, forestry policy, marketing, plant propagation, seed

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 April 2000

authorising Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not
satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC

(notified under document number C(2000) 951)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2000/320/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC on the
marketing of forest reproductive material (1), as last amended
by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to the request submitted by France,

(5)

(6)

Furthermore, reproductive material should be marketed
only if it is accompanied by a document bearing certain
details of the reproductive material

in question.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on Seeds and Propagating Material
for Agriculture,
Horticulture and Forestry,

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Production of reproductive material of the species set
out in the Annex is at present insufficient in France with
the result
reproductive
material conforming to the provisions of Directive 66/
404/EEC cannot be met.

requirement

their

that

for

Third countries are not in a position to supply sufficient
reproductive material of the relevant species which can
afford the same guarantees as Community reproductive
material and which conforms to the provisions of the
abovementioned Directive.

France should therefore be authorised to permit, for a
limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of
the relevant species which satisfies less stringent require-
ments to cover the shortage of reproductive material
satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/404/EEC.

For genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be
collected at places of origin within the natural range of
the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees
should be given to ensure the identity of the material.

(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2326/66. Directive as repealed with effect
from 1 January 2003 by Council Directive 1999/105/EC (OJ L 11,
15.1.2000, p. 17).

Article 1

1.
France is authorised to permit the marketing in their
territory of seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect
of provenance, as laid down in Directive 66/404/EEC, on the
terms set out in the Annex hereto and on condition that the
proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place
of provenance of the seed and the altitude at which it was
collected.

2.
France is authorised to permit the marketing in its terri-
tory of plants produced in the Community from the above-
mentioned seed.

Article 2

1.
The proof referred to in Article 1(1) shall be deemed to
be furnished where the reproductive material is of the category
‘source-identified reproductive material’ as defined in the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD) scheme for the control of forest reproductive material
moving in international trade, or of another category defined in
that scheme.

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2. Where the OECD scheme referred to in paragraph 1 is
not used at
the reproductive
material, other official evidence shall be admissible.

the place of provenance of

Such authorisation, in so far as it concerns subsequent placing
on the market of
shall expire on 31
the Community,
December 2002.

3. Where official evidence cannot be provided, Member
States may accept other non-official evidence.

Article 3

1.
The Member States other than the applicant Member
State are also authorised to permit, on the terms set out in the
Annex hereto and for the purposes intended by the applicant
Member State, the marketing in their territory of seed referred
to in this Decision.

2.
For the purpose of the application of paragraph 1, the
Member States concerned shall assist each other administra-
tively. The applicant Member State shall be notified by other
Member States of their intention to permit the marketing of
such reproductive material, before any authorisation may be
granted. The applicant Member State may object only if the
in this Decision has already been
entire amount set out
allocated.

Article 4

The authorisation provided for in Article 1(1) in so far as it
concerns the first placing of forest reproductive material on the
market of the Community, shall expire on 30 November 2000.

Article 5

With regard to the first placing on the market of forest repro-
ductive material, as referred to in Article 4 France shall, by 1
January 2001 notify the Commission of the quantities of such
material satisfying less stringent requirements which have been
approved for marketing in its territory under this Decision. The
inform the other Member States thereof.
Commission shall

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 April 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

ANNEX

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Pseudotsuga taxifolia

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Lähtöisyys
Härkomst

Estado miembro
Medlemsstat
Mitgliedstaat
Κράτος µέλος
Member State
État membre
Stato membro
Lidstaat
Estado-Membro
Jäsenvaltio
Medlemsstat

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