2001/765/EC: Commission Decision of 18 October 2001 authorising Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directives 66/404/EEC and 71/161/EEC (notified under document number C(2001) 2859)
Date: 2001-10-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: afforestation, labelling, market approval, plant propagation, seed

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 October 2001

authorising Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not
satisfying the requirements of Council Directives 66/404/EEC and 71/161/EEC

(notified under document number C(2001) 2859)

(2001/765/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June
1966 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 Council Directive 71/161/EEC of 30 March
1971 on external quality standards for forest reproductive
material marketed within the Community (2), as last amended
by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in
particular Article 15 thereof,

Having regard to the requests submitted by 12 Member States,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Production of reproductive material of the species set
out in the Annexes is at present insufficient in certain
Member States with the result that their requirements for
reproductive material conforming to the provisions of
Directive 66/404/EEC or 71/161/EEC cannot be met.

Third countries are not in a position to supply sufficient
reproductive material of the relevant species affording
the
reproductive
material and conforming to the provisions of Directive
66/404/EEC or 71/161/EEC.

as Community

guarantees

same

the Member States concerned, namely
Accordingly,
Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Spain, France,
Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Austria, Portugal and
the United Kingdom, have requested the Commission
pursuant to those Directives to authorise them to accept
for marketing reproductive material and/or seed satis-
fying less stringent requirements than those laid down
by those Directives.

(4)

In order to cover the shortage, the applicant Member
States should therefore be authorised to permit, for a
limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of

(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2326/66.
(2) OJ L 87, 17.4.1971, p. 14.

(5)

(6)

the relevant species which satisfies less stringent require-
ments.

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

in question.

Any Member State should furthermore be authorised to
permit,
in its territory, the following three marketing
operations: the marketing of seed and seedlings which
satisfy less stringent requirements in respect of proven-
ance; the marketing of seed and seedlings which satisfy
less stringent requirements in respect of the category, as
laid down in Directive 66/404/EEC for Populus nigra; and
the marketing of seed which satisfies less stringent
requirements in respect of specific purity as laid down in
Directive 71/161/EEC, if the marketing of such material
has been authorised in the other Member States under
this Decision.

(7)

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1. Member States are 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.

This authorisation is subject to the specifications set out in
Annex I hereto, and to the condition that proof be furnished as
to the place of provenance of the seed and the altitude at which
it was collected.

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2. Member States are authorised to permit the marketing in
their territory of plants produced in the Community from the
abovementioned 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 any other category defined
in that scheme.

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

the place of provenance of

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

Article 3

Member States are authorised to permit the marketing in their
territory of vegetative reproductive material derived from
Populus nigra which does not satisfy the requirements in respect
the category, as laid down in Article 4(1) of Directive
of
in accordance with Annex II hereto.
66/404/EEC,

Article 4

Member States are authorised, in accordance with Annex III
hereto, to permit the marketing in their territory of seed which
neither satisfies the requirements in respect of provenance in
Directive 66/404/EEC nor the requirements relating to specific
purity set out in Annex I to Directive 71/161/EEC, on condi-
tion that:

(a) 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;

(b) the document required pursuant to Article 9 of Directive
‘Seed not satisfying the

66/404/EEC bears the wording:
standards in respect of specific purity’.

Article 5

The Member States other than the applicant Member
1.
States are also authorised to permit,
in accordance with
Annexes I, II and III respectively and for the purposes intended
by the applicant Member States, the marketing in their territory
of the seed and seedlings or,
in the case of Populus nigra,
vegetative reproductive material.

2.
For the purpose of the application of paragraph 1, the
Member States concerned shall assist each other administra-
tively. The applicant Member States 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 States may object only if the
entire quantity set out in this Decision has already been allo-
cated.

Article 6

The authorisation provided for in Article 1(1), Articles 3 and 4
and Article 5(1) shall expire on 31 December 2002.

Article 7

Member States shall immediately notify the Commission and
the other Member States of the quantities of seed labelled and
approved for marketing throughout the Community pursuant
to this Decision.

Article 8

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 October 2001.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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NOTE

1. Member States

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

Kingdom of Belgium

Kingdom of Denmark

Federal Republic of Germany

Kingdom of Spain

French Republic

Ireland

Italian Republic

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Republic of Austria

Republic of Portugal

United Kingdom

2. States or regions of provenance

BG

BY

CA

CH

CN

CZ

EC

HR

HU

JP

LV

MK

NO

PL

RO

RU

SI

SK

US

Bulgaria

Belarus

Canada

Switzerland

China

Czech Republic

European Community

Croatia

Hungary

Japan

Latvia

Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Romania

Russia

Slovenia

Slovakia

United States of America

3. Other abbreviations:

max.alt

maximum altitude

OEP

ECSA

SIA

or equivalent provenance

from EC selected areas

source identified ‘A’

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ANEXO I — BILAG I — ANHANG I — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ I — ANNEX I — ANNEXE I — ALLEGATO I — BĲLAGE I —
ANEXO I — LIITE I — BILAGA I

Abies alba

Larix leptolepis

Pinus strobus

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

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

kg

—

520

100

—

—

—

—

—

—

200

—

5

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

—

20

JP

RO, PL

CH, CZ, EC
(D/OEP), MK,
RO, PL, SK

—

—

—

—

—

—

CZ, HR, PL,
SI

—

215

50

—

70

600

—

—

20

3

—

JP, PL

EC (D/OEP),
JP

—

JP

JP (Hokkaido,
Suwa)

—

—

—

JP

SI

US

100

CN, JP

kg

10

10

50

—

—

—

6

—

25

35

—

5

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

CA (Ontario),
US (Ohio)

CA, US

US
(Appalachians),
EC (D/OEP)

—

—

—

EC (I/OEP)

—

CA, US

US, SI, CZ

—

US

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

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

Picea sitchensis

Pseudotsuga taxifolia

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

US (Washington)

200

US (Washington, ECSA, SIA,
alt. max. 450 m)

CA, US

280

CA, US

Charlotte

CA
(Queen
Island, West Coast)
US
(Washington),
(D/OEP)

EC

2 000

US (Washington, Oregon)
CA (British Columbia), EC
(D/OEP)

—

US (Washington, Oregon
and California)

—

760

—

EC (F/OEP), US (Washing-
ton, Oregon, California, SIA,
alt. max. 450 m)

kg

15

45

100

—

40

100

(Queen

CA
Charlotte
Island), US (Washington)

150

US (Washington)

—

—

2

1

—

—

—

CA, US

US

260

EC (I/OEP)

10

15

153

US (Washington, alt. max.
610 m)

US

CA (British Columbia), US
(Washington, Oregon)

—

1 500

EC (P/OEP)

300

CA (British Columbia), US

350

CA (British Columbia), EC
(UK/OEP), US (Washington)

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Fagus sylvatica L.

Larix decidua Mill.

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

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

—

CH, PL, RO, SK, HU, CZ,
SI

kg

—

10 000

—

—

—

—

1 050

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

500

100

EC (I/OEP)

EC (L/OEP)

5 000

CZ, RO, SK

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

CZ (Sudeten), PL (Sudeten)

PL

CZ

EC (E/OEP), SK

kg

20

40

50

35

300

CZ (Sudeten), CZ and SK
(origin Polish)

20

—

—

50

CZ (Sudeten), PL, SK (Tatra)

—

—

CZ, SK

500

CZ, HR, HU, RO, SI, SK

250

CZ, HR, HU, PL, SI, SK

—

—

15 000

EC (UK/OEP)

—

200

—

CZ (Sudeten), EC (UK/OEP),
HU, RO, SK

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Picea abies Karst.

Pinus nigra Arn.

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

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

130

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

—

—

50

10

—

CZ

CZ

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

200

SI

1 665

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

—

—

60

HR, SI

420

HR, SI

5

EC (P/OEP)

175

BG, BY, CZ, EC (UK/OEP),
HU, RO

100

EC (UK/OEP), RO, SI

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Pinus sylvestris L.

Quercus borealis Michx.

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

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

—

kg

—

NO, PL, LV

1 000

PL

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

—

40

—

1 890

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

8 505

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

300

EC (I/OEP)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

110

CZ, HU, PL, SI

1 800

CZ, HR, HU, PL, RO, SI, SK

10

EC (P/OEP)

4 000

EC (P/OEP)

225

EC (UK/OEP)

500

EC (UK/OEP)

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Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.

Quercus sessiliflora Sal.

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

B

DK

D

E

F

IRL

I

L

NL

A

P

UK

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

—

47 000

NO, PL

—

10 450

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

4 200

EC (I/OEP)

—

—

—

—

—

—

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

kg

—

113 000

NO, PL

—

11 925

EC (E/OEP)

—

—

2 000

EC (I/OEP)

—

—

—

—

—

—

50 000

PL, RO

25 000

CZ, PL, SK

3 300

CZ, HR, HU, PL, RO, SI,
SK

1 700

CZ, HR, HU, PL, RO, SI, SK

1 000

EC (P/OEP)

25 000

EC (UK/OEP), HU, NO, PL,
RO

—

25 000

—

EC (UK/OEP), HU, NO, PL,
RO

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ANEXO II — BILAG II — ANHANG II — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ II — ANNEX II — ANNEXE II — ALLEGATO II —
BĲLAGE II — ANEXO II — LIITE II — BILAGA II

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

D

Populus nigra

Number of Plants

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

80 000

EC (D/OEP)

ANEXO III — BILAG III — ANHANG III — ΠΑΡΑΡΤΗΜΑ III — ANNEX III — ANNEXE III — ALLEGATO III —
BĲLAGE III — ANEXO III — LIITE III — BILAGA III

Especies
Arter
Arten
Είδη
Species
Espèces
Specie
Soorten
Espécies
Lajit
Arter

Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.

Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.

Quercus sessiliflora Sal.

Quercus sessiliflora Sal.

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

D

UK

D

UK

Procedencia
Oprindelse
Herkunft
Προέλευση
Provenance
Provenance
Provenienza
Herkomst
Proveniência
Alue
Härkomst

EC (D/OEP)

EC (UK/OEP)

EC (D/OEP)

EC (UK/OEP)

kg

40 000

10 000

60 000

10 000