Commission Decision of 8 March 2005 releasing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland from the obligation to apply to certain species Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 1999/105/EC and 2002/57/EC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, material for the vegetative propagation of the vine, forest reproductive material and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively (notified under document number C(2005) 525)(Text with EEA relevance.)
Date: 2005-03-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, derogation from EU law, fodder plant, marketing, oleaginous plant, seed, textile plant

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COMMISSION

COMMISSION DECISION

of 8 March 2005

releasing the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland from the obligation
to apply to certain species Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 1999/105/EC and
2002/57/EC on the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, material for the vegetative propagation
of the vine, forest reproductive material and seed of oil and fibre plants respectively

(notified under document number C(2005) 525)

(Only the Czech, Estonian, Greek, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese and Polish texts are authentic)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2005/325/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002
on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (5), and in par-
ticular Article 28 thereof,

Having regard to the requests submitted by the Czech Republic,
Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland,

Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966
on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), and in particular
Article 23a thereof,

Whereas:

Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966
on the marketing of cereal seed (2), and in particular Article 23a
thereof,

(1)

Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968
on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the
vine (3), and in particular Article 18a thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 Decem-
ber 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (4), and
in particular Article 20 thereof,

(2)

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

tive 2004/117/EC (OJ L 14, 18.1.2005, p. 18).

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

tive 2004/117/EC.

(3) OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15. 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).

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

66/402/EEC,

66/401/EEC,

Directives
68/193/EEC,
1999/105/EC and 2002/57/EC set out certain provisions
for the marketing of fodder plant seed, cereal seed, mate-
rial for the propagation of the vine, forest reproductive
material and seed of oil and fibre plants. Those Directives
also provide that, subject to certain conditions, Member
States may be wholly or partly released from the obliga-
tion to apply those Directives in respect of certain species
or material.

Seed of the species set out in Parts I, II and V of the Annex
is not normally reproduced or marketed in certain Mem-
ber States. In addition, the growing of vines and the mar-
keting of propagating material set out in the Part III of the
Annex are of the minimal economic importance in certain
Member States. The tree species set out in Part IV of the
Annex are also not important for forestry purposes in cer-
tain Member States.

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

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

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(3)

(4)

(5)

As long as those conditions remain, the relevant Member
States should be released from the obligation to apply the
provisions of Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC,
68/193/EEC, 1999/105/EC and 2002/57/EC to the species
and material in question.

The measures provided for in this Decision should be with-
out prejudice to the provisions provided for in the Com-
mission Regulation (EC) No 2199/2003 of 16 December
2003 laying down transitional measures for the applica-
tion in respect of the year 2004 of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1259/1999 as regards the single area payment scheme
the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (6).

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

1.
The Member States set out in Part I of the Annex to this
Decision are hereby released from the obligation to apply Direc-
tive 66/401/EEC, with the exception of Article 14(1), to the spe-
cies listed in the first column of the table.

2.
The Member States set out in Part II of the Annex to this
Decision are hereby released from the obligation to apply Direc-
tive 66/402/EEC, with the exception of Article 14(1) and, in the

case of Latvia also with the exception of Article 19(1) in respect
of maize, to the species listed in the first column of the table.

3.
The Member States set out in Part III of the Annex to this
Decision are hereby released from the obligation to apply Direc-
tive 68/193/EEC, with the exception of Articles 12 and 12(a), to
the species listed in the first column of the table.

4.
The Member States set out in Part IV of the Annex to this
Decision are hereby released from the obligation to apply Direc-
tive 1999/105/EC, with the exception of Article 17(1), to the spe-
cies listed in the first column of the table.

5.
The Member States set out in Part V of the Annex to this
Decision are hereby released from the obligation to apply Direc-
tive 2002/57/EC, with the exception of Article 17, and in the case
of Malta also with the exception of Article 9(1) in respect of sun-
flower to the species listed in the first column of the table.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Czech Republic, the Republic of
Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the
Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta and the Republic of
Poland.

Done at Brussels, 8 March 2005.

For the Commission
Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(6) OJ L 328, 17.12.2003, p. 21. Regulation as last amended by Regula-

tion (EC) No 1766/2004 (OJ L 315, 14.10.2004, p. 27).

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ANNEX

Part I — Directive 66/401/EEC

CZ

EE

CY

X

LV

X

X

X

X

LT

MT

PL

Agrostis canina

Alopecurus pratensis

Arrhenatherum elatius

Bromus catharticus

Bromus sitchensis

Cynodon dactylon

Dactylis glomerata

Festuca arundinacea

x Festulolium

Lolium x boucheanum

Phalaris aquatica

Phleum bertolinii

Phleum pratense

Poa annua

Poa nemoralis

Poa palustris

Poa trivialis

Trisetum flavescens

Hedysarum coronarium

X

Lotus corniculatus

Lupinus albus

Lupinus angustifolius

Lupinus luteus

Medicago lupulina

Medicago x varia

Onobrychis viciifolia

Trifolium alexandrinum

Trifolium hybridum

Trifolium incarnatum

Trifolium repens

Trifolium resupinatum

Trigonella foenum-graecum

Vicia pannonica

Vicia villosa

Brassica napus var. napobrassica

Phacelia tanacetifolia

Raphanus sativus var. oleiformis

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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CZ

X

CZ

CZ

Oryza sativa

Phalaris canariensis

Sorghum bicolor

Sorghum sudanense

Sorghum bicolor x Sorghum
sudanense

Zea mays

Vitis

Abies alba

Abies cephalonica

Abies grandis

Abies pinsapo

Acer platanoides

Acer pseudoplatanus

Alnus glutinosa

Alnus incana

Betula pendula

Betula pubescens

Carpinus betulus

Castanea sativa

Cedrus atlantica

Cedrus libani

Fagus sylvatica

Fraxinus angustifolia

Fraxinus excelsior

Larix decidua

Larix x eurolepis

Larix kaempferi

Larix sibirica

Picea abies

Picea sitchensis

Pinus brutia

Pinus canariensis

Pinus cembra

Part II — Directive 66/402/EEC

EE

X

X

X

X

X

CY

LV

X

X

X

X

X

X

MT

X

LT

X

X

Part III — Directive 68/193/EEC

EE

X

CY

LV

X

LT

X

MT

PL

X

X

X

X

PL

X

Part IV — Directive 1999/105/EC

EE

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

CY

LV

LT

MT

PL

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

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CZ

EE

CY

LV

LT

MT

PL

Pinus contorta

Pinus halepensis

Pinus leucodermis

Pinus nigra

Pinus pinaster

Pinus pinea

Pinus radiata

Prunus avium

Pseudotsuga menziesii

Quercus cerris

Quercis ilex

Quercus petraea

Quercus pubescens

Quercus rubra

Quercus suber

Robinia pseudoacacia

Tilia cordata

Tilia platyphyllos

Arachis hypogea

Brassica rapa

Brassica juncea

Brassica napus

Brassica nigra

Cannabis sativa

Carthamus tinctorius

Carum carvii

Gossypium spp.

Helianthus annuus

Linum usitatissimum

Papaver somniferum

Sinapis alba

Glycine max

Legend

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Part V — Directive 2002/57/EC

CZ

X

X

EE

X

X

X

CY

X

X

LV

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

LT

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

MT

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

PL

X

X

X

X

A b b r e v i a t i o n s

CZ:
EE:
CY:
LV:
LT:
MT:
PL:

the Czech Republic
the Republic of Estonia
the Republic of Cyprus
the Republic of Latvia
the Republic of Lithuania
the Republic of Malta
the Republic of Poland

An X appears under the heading for each Member State released.