2001/897/EC: Commission Decision of 12 December 2001 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants under Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/458/EEC and 92/33/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 4222)
Date: 2001-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: crop production, parasitology, plant health control, plant propagation, protection of plant life, seed

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 12 December 2001

setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating
material of certain plants under Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/
403/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 69/208/EEC, 70/458/EEC and 92/33/EEC

(notified under document number C(2001) 4222)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/897/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

than seed (13), as last amended by Directive 1999/

other
29/EC (14) and in particular Article 20(4) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Whereas:

Having regard to Council Directive 66/400/EEC on the
marketing of beet seed (1), as last amended by Directive 98/
96/EC (2), and in particular Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC on the
marketing of fodder plant seed (3), as last amended by Directive
2001/64/EC (4), and in particular Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC on the
marketing of cereal seed (5), as last amended by Directive 1999/
54/EC (6), and in particular Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC on the
marketing of seed potatoes (7), as last amended by Commission
Decision 1999/742/EC (8), and in particular Article 14(4)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC on the
marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the
vine (9), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria,
Finland and Sweden (10), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC on the
marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (11), as last amended
by Directive 98/96/EC and in particular Article 19(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/458/EEC on the
marketing of vegetable seed (12), as last amended by Directive
98/96/EC and in particular Article 39(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the
marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material,

(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2290/66.
(2) OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27.
(3) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66.
(4) OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 60.
(5) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2039/66.
(6) OJ L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 30.
(7) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2320/66.
(8) OJ L 297, 18.11.1999, p. 39.
(9) OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15.
(10) OJ C 241, 29.8.1994, p. 155.
(11) OJ L 169, 10.7.1969, p. 3.
(12) OJ L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 7.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The above mentioned Directives provide for the neces-
sary arrangement to be made for Community compara-
tive trials and tests of seed and propagating material to
be carried out.

Adequate representativity of the samples included in the
trials and tests should be ensured, at least for certain
selected plants.

Member States should participate in the Community
in so far as seed of the
comparative trials and tests,
above mentioned plants are usually reproduced or
marketed in their territories,
in order to ensure that
proper conclusion may be drawn therefrom.

The Commission is responsible for making the necessary
arrangements for the Community comparative trials and
tests.

The technical arrangements for the carrying out of the
trials and tests have been made within the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agri-
culture, Horticulture and Forestry.

The arrangements for the trials and tests also cover in
relation to seed potatoes,
inter alia, certain harmful
organisms which come within the scope of Council
Directive 2000/29/EC on protective measures against
the introduction into Member States of organisms
harmful to plants or plant products (15) as last amended
by Directive 2001/33/EC (16).

Community comparative trials and tests
should be
carried out from the year 2002 to 2003 on seeds and
propagating material harvested in 2001 and the details
for such trials and tests should also be set out.

(13) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 1.
(14) OJ L 8, 14.1.1999, p. 29.
(15) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(16) OJ L 127, 9.5.2001, p. 42.

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(8)

(9)

For the Community comparative trials and tests lasting
more than one year the parts of the trials and tests
following the first year should, on condition that the
necessary appropriations are available, be authorised by
the Commission without
to the
Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material
for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry.

reference

further

The Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating
Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry has
not delivered an opinion within the time limit laid down
by its Chairman,

4.

The details of the trials and tests are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

In the case of the assessment under Directive 2000/29/EC of
seed potatoes each sample to be submitted to the laboratory
tests shall have been previously coded by the body responsible
for carrying out the trials and tests under the responsibility of
the Commission services. In the case of samples confirmed to
be contaminated by any of the relevant harmful organisms, the
measures required under the Community Plant Health Regime
shall be taken. This is without prejudice to the general condi-
tions applicable to the examination of the annual reports on
the confirmed results and conclusions of Community compara-
tive trials and tests.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 3

Article 1

1.
Community comparative trials and tests shall be carried
out from the year 2002 to 2003 on seeds and propagating
material of the plants listed in the Annex.

The Commission may decide to continue the trials and tests set
out in the Annex in 2003. The maximum cost of a trial or test
continued on this basis shall not exceed the amount specified
in the Annex.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

The maximum cost for the trials and tests for 2002 shall

2.
be as set out in the Annex.

Done at Brussels, 12 December 2001.

3.
All Member States shall participate in the Community
comparative trials and tests in so far as seeds and propagating
material of the plants listed in the Annex are usually repro-
duced or marketed in their territories.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Trials to be carried out in 2002

Species

Responsible body

Conditions to be assessed

Number of samples

Gramineae (*)

NAK Emmeloord (NL)

Zea mays

ENSE Milano (I)

Triticum aestivum (*)

DFE Merelbeke (B)

Solanum tuberosum

DGPC Oeiras (P)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity, Plant
Health (field)
Plant Health (ringrot/brown rot/
pstv) (laboratory)

Glycine max

ENSE Milano (I)

Varietal identity and purity (field)

Brassica napus (*)

NIAB Cambridge (UK)

Helianthus annuus

ETSI Madrid (E)

Hordeum vulgare
Triticum aestivum
Lolium Perenne
Brassica napus
Beta vulgaris

BFL Vienna (A)

Lycopersicon lycopersicum

ENSE Milano (I)

Allium ascalonicum (*)

NAKT Roelofarendsveen (NL)

Vitis vinifera (*)

ISV Conegliano Veneto (I)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

External seed quality (laboratory)
under Comm. Decision 98/320

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field),
Plant Helath (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field),
Plant Health (laboratory)

(*) Trial

lasting more than one year.

230

80

120

250

50

120

80

300

70

70

Cost
(euro)

11 600

14 400

7 100

51 900

8 000

25 600

64 600

22 300

13 300

20 400

102

10 400

Total cost

249 600

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Trials to be carried out in 2003

Species

Responsible Body

Conditions to be Assessed

Number of Samples

Gramineae (*)

NAK Emmeloord (NL)

Triticum aestivum (*)

DFE Merelbeke (B)

Brassica napus (*)

NIAB Cambridge (UK)

Allium ascalonicum (*)

NAKT Roelofarendsveen (NL)

Vitis vinifera (*)

ISV Conegliano Veneto (I)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
external seed quality (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
Plant Health (laboratory)

Varietal identity and purity (field)
Plant Health (laboratory)

230

120

120

70

102

Cost
(euro) (**)

27 000

16 700

11 000

25 000

24 200

Total cost

103 900

(*) Trial
(**) Estimated cost.

lasting more than one year.