2005/6/EC: Commission Decision of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting material of Fragaria x ananassa Duch. under Council Directive 92/34/EEC for the year 2005 (notified under document number C(2004) 5290)
Date: 2004-12-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, comparative analysis, crop production, plant propagation, quality control of agricultural products, testing

5.1.2005

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 27 December 2004

setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and
planting material of Fragaria x ananassa Duch. under Council Directive 92/34/EEC for the year 2005

(notified under document number C(2004) 5290)

(2005/6/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

authorised officer of
responsible for carrying out of trials.

the Commission and the body

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Directive 92/34/EEC of 28 April 1992
on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit
plants, intended for fruit production (1), and in particular Article
20(4), (5) and (6) thereof,

Whereas:

92/34/EEC provides

necessary
Directive
arrangements
to be made by the Commission for
Community comparative trials and tests of propagating
and planting material.

the

for

(6)

(7)

(8)

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 propagating
the plants concerned are
and planting material of
usually reproduced or marketed in their territories,
in
order to ensure that proper conclusions may be drawn
therefrom.

in this Decision are in
The measures provided for
accordance with
Standing
the
Committee on Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit
Genera and Species,

opinion

the

of

The technical arrangements for the carrying out of the
trials and tests have been made within the Standing
Committee on Propagating Material and Plants of Fruit
Genera and Species.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

A call for projects for the carrying out of those trials and
tests was published on 21 June 2004 on the Internet site
of the Community institutions (2).

The proposals have been assessed according to the
selection and awarding criteria set out in the call for
projects. The projects,
the bodies responsible for the
carrying out of tests and trials and the eligible costs as
well as the maximum Community financial contribution
corresponding to 80 % of the eligible costs should be
established.

should be
Community comparative trials and tests
carried out
in the year 2005 on propagating and
planting material harvested in 2004, and the details of
such trials and tests, the eligible costs as well as the
contribution should
maximum Community financial
also be set out yearly by an agreement signed by the

(1) OJ L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 10. Directive as

last amended by
Commission Directive 2003/111/EC (OJ L 311, 27.11.2003, p. 12).

(2) http://europa.eu.int/comm/food/plant/call2004/index_en.htm.

Article 1

Community comparative trials and tests shall be carried out in
2005 on propagating and planting material of Fragaria x
ananassa Duch.

The eligible costs as well as the maximum Community financial
contribution for the trials and tests for 2005 shall be as set out
in the Annex.

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

Article 2

In so far as propagating and planting material of the plants of
Fragaria x ananassa Duch. is usually reproduced or marketed in
their territories, the Member States shall take samples of this
material and make it available to the Commission.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

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The Member States shall cooperate for technical aspects such as
the sampling and inspections related to carrying out tests and
trials.

Article 4

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Article 3

Done at Brussels, 27 December 2004.

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

the eligible costs of a trial or

financial

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

ANNEX

Trials and tests to be carried out in 2005

Species

Number
of
samples

Conditions to be assessed

Responsible
body

Eligible
costs
(EUR)

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

Fragaria x ananassa Duch.

120

Varietal identity and purity

BSA Hannover (D)

24 650

19 720

Plant health (field)

Plant health (laboratory)

TOTAL COMMUNITY FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION

19 720