2004/11/EC: Commission Decision of 18 December 2003 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine 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 for the years 2004 and 2005 (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 4836)
Date: 2003-12-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: plant propagation, seed, testing, vegetable, vineyard

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 18 December 2003

setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating
material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine 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 for the years 2004 and 2005

(notified under document number C(2003) 4836)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/11/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(1)

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), and in particu-
lar Article 20(3), (4) and (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June
1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (2), and in particular
Article 20(3), (4) and (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 4 April
1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propaga-
tion of the vine (3), and in particular Article 16(3), (4) and (5)
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 (4), and in particular Article 20(4), (5)
and (6) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of beet seed (5), and in particular Article
26(3), (4) and (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (6), and in particular
Article 43(3), (4) and (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (7), and in particular
Article 20(3), (4) and (5) thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June
2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (8), and in
particular Article 23(3), (4) and (5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66; Directive as last amended by Direc-

tive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).

(2) OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66; Directive as last amended by Direc-

tive 2003/61/EC.

(3) OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15; Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

(4) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 1; Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

(5) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12; Directive as amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

(6) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33; Directive as amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

(7) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60; Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

(8) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74; Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

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.

(2)

A call for projects (2003/C 159/08) (9) was published for
the carrying-out of the above trials and tests.

(3)

(4)

(5)

The proposals have been assessed according to the selec-
tion and awarding criteria set out in the above call for
projects. The projects, the bodies responsible for the
carrying out of tests and the eligible costs as well as the
contribution corre-
maximum Community financial
sponding to 80 % of the eligible costs should be estab-
lished.

Community comparative trials and tests
should be
carried out in the years 2004 and 2005 on seeds and
propagating material harvested in 2003, and the details
of such trials and tests, the eligible costs as well as the
maximum Community financial contribution should also
be set out yearly by an agreement signed by the author-
ising officer of the Commission and the body responsible
for the carrying-out of trials.

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.

(6)

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

(9) OJ C 159, 8.7.2003, p. 19.

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(7)

(8)

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.

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

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 2

In so far as propagating and planting material of the plants
listed in the Annex is usually reproduced or marketed in their
territories, the Member States shall take samples of this material
and make them available to the Commission.

Article 3

Subject to budgetary availability, the Commission may decide
to continue the trials and tests set out in the Annex in 2005.

contribution corre-
The maximum Community financial
sponding to 80 % of
the eligible costs of a trial or test
continued on this basis shall not exceed the amount specified
in the Annex.

Article 1

Article 4

Community comparative trials and tests shall be carried out in
the years 2004 and 2005 on seeds and propagating material of
the plants listed in the Annex.

The eligible costs as well as the maximum Community financial
contribution for the trials and tests for 2004 shall be as set out
in the Annex.

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

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 2003.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX

Trials and tests to be carried out in 2004

Species

Responsible body

Conditions to be assessed

Number of
samples

Eligible costs
(EUR)

Maximum
Community
financial
contribution
(equivalent to
80 % of the
eligible costs)
(EUR)

Beta (*)

ENSE Milano (I)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

100

19 000

15 200

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

ETSIA Madrid (E)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

100 + 100

47 022

37 618

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Gramineae (*)

NIAB Cambridge
(UK)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

230

22 564

18 051

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Vicia

AGES Vienna (A)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

60

17 673

14 138

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Medicago sativa (*)

ENSE Milano (I)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

50

4 500

3 600

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Triticum
(spring wheat)

aestivum

NAK Emmeloord
(NL)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

100

19 248

15 399

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Zea mays

ENSE Milano (I)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

80

17 600

14 080

Solanum tuberosum

ENSE Milano (I)

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Varietal
plant health (field)

identity and purity,

Plant
health
rot/pstv) (laboratory)

(ringrot/brown

250

62 500

50 000

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Trials and tests to be carried out in 2004

Species

Responsible body

Conditions to be assessed

Number of
samples

Eligible costs
(EUR)

Maximum
Community
financial
contribution
(equivalent to
80 % of the
eligible costs)
(EUR)

Cotton

MIN.AGR. Tessa-
loniki (EL)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

60

26 242

20 993

External
quality (laboratory)

seed

quality

fibre

Linum usitatissimum NIAB Cambridge

(UK)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

80

22 072

17 658

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Papaver somniferum

AGES Vienna (A)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

30

13 399

10 720

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Allium Cepa, Allium
porrum

ENSE Milano (I)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

50

11 250

9 000

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Brassica oleracea

NAKT
arendsveen (NL)

Roelof-

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

70

48 986

39 189

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Allium ascalonicum
(shallot)

NAKT
arendsveen (NL)

Roelof-

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

70

32 646

26 117

Plant health (laboratory)

GNIS-SOC
(F)

Paris

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

70

33 320

26 656

Plant health (laboratory)

Vitis vinifera (*)

ENTAV Le Grau
du Roi (F)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

120

36 000

28 800

Plant health (laboratory)

TOTAL COST

347 219

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Trials and tests to be carried out in 2005

Species

Responsible body

Conditions to be assessed

Number of
samples

Eligible costs
(EUR)

Maximum
Community
financial
contribution
(equivalent to
80 % of the
eligible costs)
(EUR)

Beta (*)

ETSIA Madrid (E)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

100

23 511

18 809

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Gramineae (*)

NIAB Cambridge
(UK)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

230

22 098

17 678

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

Medicago sativa (*)

ENSE Milano (I)

Varietal
(field)

identity and purity

50

6 500

5 200

External seed quality (labora-
tory)

TOTAL COST

41 687

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