2000/780/EC: Commission Decision of 28 November 2000 amending Decision 93/467/EEC authorising Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, in respect of oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached, originating in Canada or the United States of America (notified under document number C(2000) 3582)
Date: 2000-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Canada, United States, derogation from EU law, originating product, plant health legislation, wood product

9.12.2000

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 309/35

COMMISSION DECISION

of 28 November 2000

amending Decision 93/467/EEC authorising Member States to provide for derogations from certain
provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, in respect of oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached,
originating in Canada or the United States of America

(notified under document number C(2000) 3582)

(2000/780/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
on protective measures against
the introduction into the
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
and against their spread within the Community (1), and in
particular Article 15(1) thereof,

Having regard to the request made by Germany,

(6)

(7)

(8)

The authorisation should therefore be extended for a
further limited period.

The Commission will ensure that Canada and the United
States of America make all technical information avail-
able which is necessary to continue to monitor the
functioning of the protective measures required under
the aforementioned technical conditions.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
on Plant Health,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Pursuant to the provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC, oak
(Quercus L.) logs with bark attached, originating in North
American countries, may, in principle, not be introduced
into the Community because of the risk of introducing
Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt., the cause of oak
wilt.

Commission Decision 93/467/EEC (2), as last amended
by Decision 98/661/EC (3), permits derogations for oak
(Quercus L.)
logs with bark attached originating in
Canada and the United States of America provided that
special conditions are satisfied.

Decision 93/467/EEC as amended stipulated that the
authorisation shall expire on 31 December 2000.

On the basis of the information available at present, the
conditions for the derogation in the aforementioned
Decision should be maintained.

The circumstances
obtain.

justifying the authorisation still

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decision 93/467/EEC is amended as follows:

1. In Article 3, the date ‘31 December 2000’ is replaced by ‘31

December 2002’.

2. In Annex I, part 7,

‘98/661/EC’

is replaced by ‘2000/

780/EC’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 28 November 2000.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 217, 27.8.1993, p. 49.
(3) OJ L 329, 24.11.1998, p. 18.