2002/111/EC: Commission Decision of 11 February 2002 amending Directive 92/33/EEC to extend the derogation relating to import conditions for vegetable propagating and planting material from third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 427)
Date: 2002-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: derogation from EU law, import, market gardening, plant propagation, seedling, third country

13.2.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 41/43

II

(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 11 February 2002

amending Directive 92/33/EEC to extend the derogation relating to import conditions for vegetable
propagating and planting material from third countries

(notified under document number C(2002) 427)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/111/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April
1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting
material other than seed (1), as last amended by Commission
Decision 1999/29/EC (2), and in particular Article 16(2), second
subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

The Commission is required pursuant to Article 16(1) of
Directive 92/33/EEC to decide whether vegetable propa-
gating and planting material, other than seed, produced
in a third country and affording the same guarantees as
regards obligations on the supplier, identity, characteris-
tics, plant health, growing medium, packaging, inspec-
tion arrangements, marking and sealing, is equivalent in
all these respects to vegetable propagating and planting
material other than seed produced in the Community
and complying with the requirements and conditions of
that Directive.

the information presently available on the
However,
conditions applying in third countries is still not suffi-
cient
to enable the Commission to adopt any such
decision in respect of any third country at this stage.

In order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted,
Member States importing vegetable propagating and
planting material, other than seed, from third countries
should be allowed to continue to apply to such products
to those applicable to similar
conditions equivalent

(4)

(5)

Community products in accordance with Article 16(2)
of Directive 92/33/EEC.

The period of application of the derogation provided for
to in Article 16(2), first subparagraph, of Directive 92/
33/EEC, which was extended until 31 December 2001
by Decision 1999/29/EC, should accordingly be further
extended.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In the first subparagraph of Article 16(2) of Directive 92/
33/EEC,
is replaced by ‘31
December 2004’.

the date ‘31 December 2001’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 11 February 2002.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 8, 14.1.1999, p. 29.