2002/756/EC: Commission Decision of 16 September 2002 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2002) 3350)
Date: 2002-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: comparative analysis, crop production, parasitology, plant propagation, protection of plant life, seed, testing

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 16 September 2002

setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating
material of certain plants under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/
EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC

(notified under document number C(2002) 3350)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2002/756/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June
1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended
by Directive 2001/64/EC (2), and in particular Article 20(3)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June
1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (3), as last amended by
Directive 2001/64/EC, and in particular Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April
1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propaga-
tion of the vine (4), as last amended by Directive 2002/11/
EC (5), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/33/EEC of 28 April
1992 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting
material, other than seed (6), as last amended by Commission
Decision 2002/111/EC (7), and in particular Article 20(4)
thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of beet seed (8), and in particular Article
26(3) thereof,

(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ L 234, 1.9.2001, p. 60.
(3) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66.
(4) OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15.
(5) OJ L 53, 23.2.2002, p. 20.
(6) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 41, 13.2.2002, p. 43.
(8) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12.

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (9), and in particular
Article 43(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (10), and in particular
Article 20(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (11), as last
amended by Directive 2002/68/EC (12), and in particular Article
23(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/
33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and
2002/57/EC provide for the necessary arrangements to
be made by the Commission for Community compara-
tive trials and tests of seed and propagating material.

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
comparative trials and tests,
in so far as seeds of the
plants concerned are usually reproduced or marketed in
their territories, in order to ensure that proper conclu-
sions may be drawn therefrom.

(9) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33.
(10) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60.
(11) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74.
(12) OJ L 195, 24.7.2002, p. 32.

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(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

The arrangements for the trials and tests in relation to
seed potatoes also cover, inter alia, certain harmful organ-
isms which come within the scope of Council Directive
2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures
against the introduction into the Community of organ-
isms harmful to plants or plant products and against
their spread within the Community (1), as last amended
by Commission Directive 2002/28/EC (2).

Community comparative trials and tests
should be
carried out from the year 2003 to 2004 on seeds and
propagating material harvested in 2002, and the details
of such trials and tests should also be set out.

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

The measures provided for in this decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticul-
ture and Forestry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Community comparative trials and tests shall be carried out
from the year 2003 to 2004 on seeds and propagating material
of the plants listed in the Annex.

The maximum cost for the trials and tests for 2003 shall be as
set out in the Annex.

of the plants listed in the Annex are usually reproduced or
marketed in their territories.

Article 3

In the case of the assessment of seed potatoes under Directive
2000/29/EC, 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.

If samples are confirmed to be contaminated by any of the rele-
vant harmful organisms,
the measures required under the
Community plant health regime shall be taken.

Such measures shall be 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.

Article 4

Subject to budgetary availability, the Commission may decide
to continue the trials and tests set out in the Annex in 2004.

The maximum cost of a trial or test continued on this basis
shall not exceed the amount specified in the Annex.

Article 5

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 September 2002.

Article 2

All Member States shall participate in the Community compara-
tive trials and tests in so far as seeds and propagating material

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 77, 20.3.2002, p. 23.

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ANNEX

Species

Responsible body

Conditions to be assessed

Gramineae (*)

Zea mays

NAK
Emmeloord (NL)

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

ENSE
Milano (I)

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

Triticum aestivum (*)

DFE
Merelbeke (B)

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

Solanum tuberosum

DGPC
Oeiras (P)

identity and purity, Plant Health

Varietal
(field)
Plant health (ringrot/brown rot/pstv) (labo-
ratory)

Number of
samples

Cost
(euro)

230

11 600

80

14 400

120

7 100

250

51 900

Glycine max

ENSE
Milano (I)

Varietal

identity and purity (field)

50

8 000

Brassica napus (*)

NIAB
Cambridge (UK)

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

120

25 600

80

64 600

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

External
Commission Decision 98/320/EC

seed quality (laboratory) under

300

22 300

ETSI
Madrid (E)

BFL
Vienna (A)

Helianthus annuus

Hordeum vulgare
Triticum aestivum
Lolium Perenne
Brassica napus
Beta vulgaris

Lycopersicon
lycopersicum

ENSE
Milán (I)

identity and purity (field),

Varietal
external seed quality (laboratory)

identity and purity (field),

Varietal
Plant Health (laboratory)

70

70

13 300

20 400

Allium ascalonicum (*) NAKT

Vitis vinifera

Roelofarendsveen
(NL)

ISV
Conegliano Veneto
(I)

(*) Trial and tests lasting more than one year.

identity and purity (field),

Varietal
Plant Health (laboratory)

102

34 600

Total cost

273 800

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Trials and tests to be carried out in 2004

Species

Responsible body

Conditions to be assessed

Gramineae (*)

NAK
Emmeloord (NL)

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

Triticum aestivum (*)

DFE
Merelbeke (B)

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

Brassica napus (*)

NIAB
Cambridge (UK)

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

Allium ascalonicum (*) NAKT

Roelofarendsveen
(NL)

identity and purity (field),

Varietal
Plant Health (laboratory)

(*) Trial and test lasting more than one year.
(**) Estimated cost.

Number of
samples

Cost
(euro) (**)

230

27 000

120

16 700

120

11 000

70

25 000

Total cost

79 700 (**)