2003/450/EC: Commission Decision of 18 June 2003 recognising the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. as equivalent to the Community provisions (notified under document number C(2003) 1870)
Date: 2003-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, plant disease, plant health control, potato

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 June 2003

recognising the provisions in the Czech Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith)
Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al. as equivalent to the Commu-
nity provisions

(notified under document number C(2003) 1870)

(2003/450/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
on protective measures against
the introduction into the
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
their spread within the Community (1), as last
and against
amended by Regulation (EC) No 806/2003 (2), and in particular
Annex III, Part A, point 12 thereof,

Having regard to the request made by the Czech Republic,

Whereas:

(1)

Under the provisions of Annex III, Part A, point 12 of
Directive 2000/29/EC, tubers of Solanum tuberosum L.,
other than seed potatoes and certain other potatoes
specified in Annex III, Part A, points 10 and 11, origi-
nating in certain European third countries other than
those recognised as being free from Clavibacter michiga-
nensis (Smith) Davis et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman
and Kotthoff) Davis et al. (hereinafter ‘the organism’), or
in which provisions are recognised as equivalent to the
Community provisions on combating the organism, may
not be introduced into the Member States.

(2)

It appears from official
information supplied by the
Czech Republic and from information collected during
missions carried out in this country in January 2001 and

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 122, 16.5.2003, p. 1.

November 2002 by the Food and Veterinary Office, that
the Czech Republic has applied control, inspection and
testing systems for the organism on imports of potatoes
and domestic seed and ware potato production, through
its ‘Methodical instruction B/KAR/1/2002 to protection
against the spread of the pathogenic agents of the potato
ringrot disease and potato brownrot disease’.

(3)

(4)

(5)

Given the above, it can be recognised that the provisions
in the Czech Republic on combating the organism are
equivalent to the Community provisions and that the
risk of the organism spreading is obviated.

The Commission will ensure that the Czech Republic
makes all technical information available that is neces-
sary to continue to assess the aforementioned situation.

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor-
dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on
Plant Health,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

is hereby recognised that

It
the provisions in the Czech
Republic on combating Clavibacter michiganensis (Smith) Davis
et al. ssp. sepedonicus (Spieckerman and Kotthoff) Davis et al.
are equivalent to the Community provisions.

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 18 June 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission