2004/120/EC: Commission Decision of 29 January 2004 amending Council Decision 97/788/EC as regards checks carried out by Serbia and Montenegro concerning the maintenance of varieties of fodder, beet, oil and fibre plants (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2004) 147)
Date: 2004-01-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Serbia and Montenegro, fodder plant, oleaginous plant, plant health control, root vegetable, seed, textile plant

7.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 36/57

COMMISSION DECISION

of 29 January 2004

amending Council Decision 97/788/EC as regards checks carried out by Serbia and Montenegro
concerning the maintenance of varieties of fodder, beet, oil and fibre plants

(notified under document number C(2004) 147)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2004/120/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 97/788 of 17 November
1997 on the equivalence of checks on practices for the mainte-
nance of varieties carried out in third countries (1), and in par-
ticular Article 2 thereof,

Whereas:

(4)

(5)

(6)

The equivalence granted to Serbia and Montenegro
should be extended to these additional species.

Decision 97/788/EC should therefore be
accordingly.

amended

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

(1)

(2)

(3)

Decision 97/788/EC determined that the official checks
on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out
in certain third countries for certain species afford the
same guarantees as those carried out by the Member
States, pursuant to Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13
June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agri-
culture plant species (2).

Decision 97/788 applies to the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia (now known as Serbia and Montenegro) only
as regards varieties of certain species.

An examination of the rules of Serbia and Montenegro
and the manner in which they are applied in respect of
the species listed in Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (3), in
Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June 2002 on the
marketing of beet seed (4) and in Council Directive
2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed
of oil and fibre plants (5) have shown that the checks on
practices for the maintenance of varieties afford the
same guarantees as those carried out by the Member
States.

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 97/788/EC is amended as follows.

In the entry beside the code ‘YU’ relating to the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia,
‘66/402’ is replaced by ‘66/401, 66/
402, 2002/54 and 2002/57’.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 2

Done at Brussels, 29 January 2004.

For the Commission

David BYRNE

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 39. Decision as amended by Decision

2002/580/EC (OJ L 184, 13.7.2002, p. 26).

(2) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66. Directive as last amended by

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

(4) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12. Directive as last amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.

(5) OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60. Directive as amended by Directive

2003/61/EC.