Council Directive 80/665/EEC of 24 June 1980 on the control of potato ring rot
Official Journal L 180 , 14/07/1980 P. 0030 - 0033
Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 29 P. 0136
Spanish special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 18 P. 0163
Portuguese special edition Chapter 03 Volume 18 P. 0163
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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
OF 24 JUNE 1980
ON THE CONTROL OF POTATO RING ROT
( 80/665/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 100 THEREOF ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ( 1 ) ,
HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 2 ) ,
WHEREAS POTATO PRODUCTION OCCUPIES AN IMPORTANT PLACE IN COMMUNITY AGRICULTURE ; WHEREAS THE POTATO YIELD IS CONSTANTLY THREATENED BY HARMFUL ORGANISMS ;
WHEREAS , THROUGH THE PROTECTION OF POTATO CULTIVATION AGAINST SUCH HARMFUL ORGANISMS , NOT ONLY SHOULD PRODUCTIVE CAPACITY BE MAINTAINED BUT ALSO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY INCREASED ;
WHEREAS PROTECTIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT THE INTRODUCTION OF HARMFUL ORGANISMS INTO THE TERRITORY OF A MEMBER STATE WOULD HAVE ONLY A LIMITED EFFECT IF SUCH ORGANISMS WERE NOT CONTROLLED SIMULTANEOUSLY AND METHODICALLY THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY AND WERE NOT PREVENTED FROM SPREADING ;
WHEREAS ONE OF THE ORGANISMS MOST HARMFUL TO POTATOES IS CORYNEBACTERIUM SEPEDONICUM ( SPIECK . ET KOTTH . ) SKAPT . ET BURKH . , THE PATHOGENIC AGENT OF THE BACTERICAL POTATO RING ROT DISEASE ; WHEREAS THIS DISEASE HAS OCCURRED IN SOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND SOME LIMITED SOURCES OF INFECTION STILL EXIST ;
WHEREAS THERE IS A PERMANENT RISK TO POTATO CULTIVATION THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY IF EFFECTIVE MEASURES ARE NOT TAKEN TO PREVENT THIS DISEASE FROM OCCURRING , TO LOCATE IT , TO CONTROL IT WITH THE AIM OF ERADICATING IT AND TO PREVENT IT FROM SPREADING ;
WHEREAS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THIS , MINIMUM MEASURES MUST BE TAKEN FOR THE COMMUNITY ; WHEREAS MEMBER STATES MUST IN ADDITION BE ABLE TO TAKE ADDITIONAL OR STRICTER MEASURES WHERE NECESSARY ;
WHEREAS THE MINIMUM MEASURES HAVE TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THAT THE DISEASE CAN REMAIN LATENT AND UNOBSERVED IN THE GROWING CROP AND IN STORED TUBERS AND SO CAN BE EFFECTIVELY PREVENTED ONLY BY PRODUCTION AND USE OF SEED POTATOES FREE FROM INFECTION , THAT SYSTEMATIC OFFICIAL SURVEYS ARE NECESSARY TO LOCATE IT ; WHEREAS THERE IS LITTLE IF ANY SPREAD OF THE DISEASE WITHIN THE GROWING CROP , THAT THE DISEASE CAN EXIST THROUGH THE WINTER IN SELF-SOWN ( VOLUNTEER ) POTATO PLANTS ; WHEREAS THE DISEASE IS SPREAD MAINLY BY CONTACT OF POTATOES WITH PLANTING , HARVESTING AND HANDLING EQUIPMENT OR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CONTAINERS , CONTAMINATED WITH THE DISEASE BY PREVIOUS CONTACT WITH INFECTED POTATOES ; WHEREAS SUCH CONTAMINATED OBJECTS CAN REMAIN INFECTIOUS FOR SOME TIME AFTER SUCH CONTAMINATION ; WHEREAS SPREAD OF THE DISEASE CAN BE REDUCED OR PREVENTED BY DISINFECTION OF SUCH OBJECTS ;
WHEREAS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF THE DETAILS OF