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Date: 1974-04-04
Title: Proposal for a Council Directive on the control of carnation leaf-rollers (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                                   COM(74)416 final
                                             Bruxelles » k april  ^
                  Proposal for a Council Directive on the
                       control of carnation leaf-rollers
                   ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
    C0M(7^) ^ Tô final
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                               Explanatory note
A draft Council Directive on provisions to prevent the introduction of
organisms harmful to plant life into the Member States is presently
being examined at Council .
This draft provides among other things that the Member States may no
longer place an absolute prohibition on the importation , into their
territory , of cut flowers contaminated by  o ©nation leaf-rollers .
This limitation of phytosanitary prerogatives is acceptable to a
certain number of Member States only on condition that measures on the
control of Oaraation leaf-rollers be taken systematically throughout
the Community .
This proposal seeks to guarantee such systematic control measures .
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Proposal for a Council Directive      -          on the control' of
carnation leaf-rollers
THE COUNCIL CF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article k3 thereof }
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission f
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament j
Whereas the production of carnations occupies an important place in Commu­
nity agriculture }
Whereas the carnation yield is constantly threatened by harmful organisms
Whereas , through the protection of carnation 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 orga­
nisms into individual Member States would have only a limited effect if
such organisms were not controlled simultaneously and methodically through
out the Community and were not prevented from spreading f
Whereas organisms most harmful to carnations are the mediterranean and
South African leaf-rollers 5
Whereas these harmful organisms have occurred in several Member States ;
Whereas there is a permanent risk to carnation cultivation throughout the
Community if effective measures are not taken to control these harmful
organisms and to prevent them from spreading ;
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Whereas , in order to eradicate these harmful organisms minimum provi­
sions must be adopted for the Community ; whereas Member States must
be able to adopt additional or stricter provisions , where these are
not contrary to the provisions of Article -36 of the Treaty j
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                  Article 1
This directive concerns the minimum measures to be taken within the
Member States to control carnation leaf-rollers and to prevent it from
spreading .
                                  Article 2
For the purposes of this Directive ,
"Carnation leaf-roller " means the Mediterranean carnation leaf-roller
/ Cacoecimorpha pronubana Hb 7 and- the South African carnation leaf-
roller f"Epichoristodes acerbella ( Walk .) Diak . 7 *
                                  Article 3
1 . The Member State3 shall provide that carnation cultures ( Dianthus L. )
    which are contaminated by carnation leaf-rollers must be treated in
    such a way that the carnations produced from them are no longer con­
    taminated at the time when they are put into circulation , and that
    carnations may only be put into circulation if they are uncontamina­
    ted by carnation leaf-rollers .
2 . By way' of derogation from paragraph 1 , cut carnation flowers slightly
    contaminated by carnation leaf-rollers may be put into circulation
    from 16 October to 30 April .
                                Article
The Member States shall prohibit the holding of carnation leaf-rollers .
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                                  Article 5 ...
1 * Member States may authorize ;
    ( a) derogations from the measures referred to in Articles 3 and ^
          for scientific purposes , tests or selection work }
    ( b ) by way of derogation from Article 3 , the putting into circula­
          tion of cut carnation flowers slightly contaminated with carna­
          tion leaf-roll from 1 Ma;* to 15 October .
2 . The Member States shall ensure that the authorizations referred to-
    in paragraph 1 are granted only where adequate controls g^rrantee
    that they do not prejudice the coatrol of carnation leaf-oollers
    and create no risk of the spread of these harmful organisms .
Member States , may adopt additional or stricter provisions to control
carnation leaf-rollers or to preroni them from spreading to the extent
that such provisions are necessary for this control or prevention..
                                  Art *      7   *
1 . The Member States shall bring irto force the measures necessary to
    comply with this Directive with 5,-1 a year following its notification
    and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof .
2 . Furthermore , ■ from the time they are notified of this Directive , the
    Member Lzetes shall ensure thac any subsequent draft lav , regula­
    tion or administrative provision vhich they intend to adopt in the
    field covered by this. Directive -         communicated, to the Commission
    in good time so that it may present its , comments thereon .
                                  Artí ele • 8
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
Done at Brussels .                       For the Council
                                         The President