2003/122/EC: Commission Decision of 21 February 2003 authorising Member States to take decisions under Directive 1999/105/EC on forest reproductive material produced in third countries (notified under document number C(2003) 580)
Date: 2003-02-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: forest, import (EU), marketing, plant propagation, third country

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 21 February 2003

authorising Member States to take decisions under Directive 1999/105/EC on forest reproductive
material produced in third countries

(notified under document number C(2003) 580)

(2003/122/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to the Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22
December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive mate-
rial (1), and in particular Article 19(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Pursuant to Article 19(1) of Directive 1999/105/EC, the
Council on a proposal from the Commission is to deter-
mine whether forest reproductive material produced in a
third country affords the same assurances as regards the
approval of its basic material and the measures taken for
its production with a view to marketing as does forest
reproductive material produced within the Community
and complying with the provisions of that Directive.

However,
the information presently available on the
conditions applying in third countries is still not suffi-
cient to enable the Community to make any such deci-
sion in respect of any third country.

Therefore, in order to prevent trade patterns from being
disrupted, Member States should be authorised to take
such decisions. Such authorisation aims to ensure that
the material
imported offers equivalent guarantees to
those applicable to forest reproductive material produced
in the Community in accordance with that Directive.

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,

Article 1

Member States are authorised to take decisions under Article
19(3) of Directive 1999/105/EC with regard to forest reproduc-
tive material produced in third countries listed in the Annex,
and in respect of the species, types of basic material and cate-
gories set out therein.

Article 2

Member States shall immediately notify the Commission and
other Member States of the decisions taken pursuant to this
Decision, and of any withdrawal of such decisions.

Article 3

The authorisation provided for in Article 1 shall expire on 31
December 2005.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 February 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 11, 15.1.2000, p. 17.

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ANNEX

Country of origin

Species

Category

Type of basic material

Canada
(British Columbia)

Abies grandis Lindl.

SI, Q, T

SS, St, SO, PF

Picea sitchensis Carr.

Pinus contorta Loud.

SI, Q

SI

SS, St, SO

SS, St

Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco

SI, Q, T

SS, St, SO, PF

Czech Republic

Abies alba Mill.

Acer platanoides L.

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Betula pendula Roth.

Betula pubescens Ehrh.

Fagus sylvatica L.

Fraxinus excelsior L.

Larix decidua Mill.

Larix kaempferi Carr.

Picea abies Karst.

Pinus sylvestris L.

Quercus cerris L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Quercus rubra L.

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Tilia cordata Mill.

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

Estonia

Picea abies Karst.

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

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Country of origin

Species

Category

Type of basic material

Hungary

Acer platanoides L.

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Alnus glutinosa Gaertn.

Betula pendula Roth.

Carpinus betulus L.

Castanea sativa Mill.

Fagus sylvatica L.

Fraxinus excelsior L.

Larix decidua Mill.

Pinus sylvestris L.

Populus alba L.

Populus x canescens Sm.

Populus nigra L.

Populus tremula L.

Prunus avium L.

Quercus cerris L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Quercus rubra L.

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Tilia cordata Mill.

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

Picea abies Karst.

Picea abies Karst.

Pinus sylvestris L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Latvia

Lithuania

Norway

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

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Country of origin

Species

Category

Type of basic material

Poland

Abies alba Mill.

Acer platanoides L.

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Alnus incana Moench.

Betula pendula Roth.

Betula pubescens Ehrh.

Carpinus betulus L.

Larix decidua Mill.

Larix kaempferi Carr.

Picea abies Karst.

Pinus sylvestris L.

Prunus avium L.

Quercus cerris L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Quercus rubra L.

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Tilia cordata Mill.

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

Romania

Abies alba Mill.

Acer platanoides L.

Fagus sylvatica L.

Larix decidua Mill.

Picea abies Karst.

Pinus nigra Arnold

Prunus avium L.

Quercus cerris L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Quercus rubra L.

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

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Country of origin

Species

Category

Type of basic material

Slovakia

Abies alba Mill.

Acer platanoides L.

Betula pendula Roth.

Fagus sylvatica L.

Larix decidua Mill.

Picea abies Karst.

Prunus avium L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Quercus rubra L.

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

Slovenia

Abies alba Mill.

Acer platanoides L.

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Alnus incana Moench.

Betula pendula Roth.

Carpinus betulus L.

Fagus sylvatica L.

Larix decidua Mill.

Pinus nigra Arnold

Pinus sylvestris L.

Quercus cerris L.

Quercus petraea Liebl.

Quercus robur L.

Quercus rubra L.

Robinia pseudoacacia L.

Tilia cordata Mill.

Tilia platyphyllos Scop.

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SI

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

SS, St

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Country of origin

Species

Category

Type of basic material

Switzerland

Fagus sylvatica L.

United States of America
(Washington, Oregon, Cali-
fornia)

Abies grandis Lindl.

Picea sitchensis Carr

Pinus contorta Loud

SI

SI, Q, T

SI

SI

SS, St

SS, St, SO, PF

SS, St

SS, St

Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco

SI, Q, T

SS, St, SO, PF

Legend:

Category

SI
Q
T

Source identified
Qualified
Tested

Type of basic material

Seed source
SS
St
Stand
SO Seed orchard
PF

Parents of family