2007/212/EC: Commission Decision of 2 April 2007 amending Decision 2003/248/EC as regards the extension of the duration of temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry ( Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (notified under document number C(2007) 1428)
Date: 2007-04-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Argentina, derogation from EU law, import, originating product, plant health legislation, seedling, soft fruit

L 94/52

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

4.4.2007

COMMISSION DECISION

of 2 April 2007

amending Decision 2003/248/EC as regards the extension of the duration of temporary derogations
from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry
(Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina

(notified under document number C(2007) 1428)

(2007/212/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

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), and in
and against
particular Article 15(1) thereof,

Whereas:

strawberry
Under Directive 2000/29/EC, plants of
(Fragaria L.),
intended for planting, other than seeds,
originating in non-European countries, other than Medi-
terranean countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and
the continental states of the United States of America,
may not in principle be introduced into the Community.
However, that Directive permits derogations from that
rule, provided that it is established that there is no risk
of spreading harmful organisms.

Decision

2003/248/EC (2)

Commission
authorises
Member States to provide for temporary derogations
from certain provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC in
the import of plants of strawberry
order to permit
(Fragaria L.),
intended for planting, other than seeds,
originating in Argentina.

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Member States should therefore be authorised to
such
the introduction into their
permit
plants
for a further
to specific
subject
limited period.

territory of

conditions

The measures provided for
accordance with
Committee on Plant Health,

the

in this Decision are in
Standing
the

of

opinion

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

In Article 1, second paragraph, of Decision 2003/248/EC the
following points (e) to (h) are added:

‘(e) 1 June 2007 to 30 September 2007;

(f) 1 June 2008 to 30 September 2008;

(g) 1 June 2009 to 30 September 2009;

(h) 1 June 2010 to 30 September 2010.’

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 2 April 2007.

The circumstances justifying this derogation are still valid
and there is no new information giving cause for revision
of the specific conditions.

For the Commission

Markos KYPRIANOU
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. Directive as

last amended by

Commission Directive 2006/35/EC (OJ L 88, 25.3.2006, p. 9).

(2) OJ L 93, 10.4.2003, p. 28.