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Date: 1981-09-10
Title: Proposal for a Fourth Council Decision of on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in non-member countries (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(81)447 final
                                             Brussels , 10 September 1981
                              Proposal for a
      Fourth Council Decision of             on the equivalence of
      seed potatoes produced in non-member countries
           ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
                              r /
 C0M(81 ) 447 final
 ---pagebreak---                      EXPLANATORY NOTE
By decisions 72 /294 / EEC , 75 /370 / EEC and 78 /691 / EEC , the Council has declared
that seed potatoes harvested and officially controlled in Austria , Switzerland
and Polvnd afford the same assurances as sees potatoes harvested and controlled
within the Community .                                        *
The validity of this equivalence expiring on 30 June 1981 , such equivalence
should be retained for a further three years since the conditions on which the
Community findings were based at the outset are still fulfilled .
This decision shall apply from 1 July 1981 to 30 June 1984 .
 ---pagebreak---                       FOURTH COUNCIL DECISION
on the equivalence of seed potatoes , produced in         non-member countries
   THE COUNCIL OF'THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES /. . ,                                        ,   ■
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
   Having regard to Council Directive 66 / 403 / EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing
   of seed potatoes ( 1 ), as last amended by Directive 80 / 52 / EEC ( 2 ), and in par­
   ticular Article 15 C1 ) thereof ,                                       . -      '
   Having regard to . the proposal from the Commission,
   Whereas , by Decisions 72 / 294 / EEC ( 3 ) and 75 / 370 / EEC ( 4 ) and 78 / 691 / EEC ( 5 ),
   the Council has declared that seed potatoes harvested and officially controlled
   in   Austria , Switzerland and Poland afford the same assurances as seed potatoes
   harvested and controlled within the Community ;                                         ■
   Whereas the validity of this equivalence expires on 30 June 1981 ; whereas ,
   however , such equivalence should be retained for a further three years since
   the conditions on which the Community findings were based at the outset are
   still fulfilled ;                                                              ,      \       ■
   Whereas this Decision does not prevent Community findings from being revoked
   or the period of their validity from not being extended if it becomes apparent
   that the conditions on which such findings are based are not or are no longer
   fulf i I led ; .                       .  .
   Whereas , therefore , further practical information on seed potatoes produced in
   the abo^ementioned countries should be obtained by growing and checking samples
   of such seed within the framework of comparative Community tests ;                           "
   Whereas this Decision does not affect requirements which Member States
   establish under Council Directive 77 / 93 / EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective
   measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful
   to plants or plant products ( 6 ), as last amended by Directive 81 / 7 / EEC ( 7 ),
   (1 ) O.J.   N0 125 , 11 / 7 / 1966 , p. 2320 / 66
   (2)  O.J.   N° L 18 , 24 / 1 / 1980 , p. 29                                                     ./.
   (3)  O.J.   N° L 186 , 16 / 8 / 1972 , p. 43
   (4 ) O.J.   N° L 164 , 27 / 6 / 1975 , p. 43
   (5)  O.J.   N° L 236 , 25 / 7 / 1978 , p. 10
   C6X  O.J.   N° L 26 , 31 / 1 / 1977 , p. 20
   (7)  O.J.   N° L 14 , 16 / 1 / 1981 , p. 23
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                   Arti c te 1
It is hereby declared that , where the conditions Laid r'own :n the Annex
Part . II , hereto are satisfied ,        seed potatoes which are harvested in the
countries specified in the Annex Part I          .  hereto      ? nd officially
controlled by the authorities listed therein and which belong to the cate­
gories specified therein are equivalent to seed potatoes of corresponding
categories harvested within the Community and comply with Directive
66 / 403 / EEC .
                                 Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1981 to 30 June 1984 . "
                                 Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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Done at Brussels ,                                   For the Council
 ---pagebreak---                                                                      ANNEX
                                    PART I - TABLE
                                                               Categories
• Country                 . Service                In the country        In the Community
                                                   concerned
   1                              2                        3                        4
              - Burgenlandi sehe Landwirt-
                 schaf tskammer, Lisenstadt *
              - Landwirtschaftskammer für
    1  -ν 5»     Kärnten , Klagenfurt                                       t
              - Niederösterreichnische Lan­
                 des - Landwirtschaftskammer,,
                 Wien
              - Landwirtschaftskammer für           Elite                Basic seed         «
                Oberösterreich , Linz /O . 0 .                           potatoes
             - Landeskammer fur Land- und           Original             Certified seed
                 Forstwirtschaft Steiermarkt        - Klasse A          potatoes
                Graz
             " Landeskammer für Tirol ,             - Klasse Β
                Innsbruck
             » Kammer für Land**· und Forst-                                                t
                wirtschaft in Salzburg,
                Salzburg
             - Landwi rtschaf tsl;ammer für
                Vorarlberg, Brecjenz
             - Wiener Landwi rtçchafts - v       ,
                kammer , Wien                                                             i
             Inspekcja Nasienn^, Okregowy                                      ■
             Inspektorat
             - Bialystok
             - Bydgoszcz
             - Gdansk ·     ■          ·
             -  Katowice
             -  Kielce                             - Super Elite        Basi c seed
             -  Koszalin                           - Elite              potatoes
             -  Krakow
                                                   Original             Certified seed
             - Lublin          ·/                  - Classe A
             - Lodz                                                    potatoes
                                                      Classe Β
             - Olsztyn
             - Opole
             - Poznan ■ ,                      .
             - Rzeszow
             - Szczecin
             - Warszawa
             - Wroclaw
                                                                                      I
             - Zielona Gora
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                                                                                   »
Country              Servi ce                                                      t
                                           In the country         In the Community ;
                                           concerned                               ï
 1                       2                           3                   4
        - Station fédérale de recherches Plants certifiés         Certified seed   f.
          agronomiques , Nyon            ■* Classe A
                                         - Classe Β               potatoes         |
        - Eidgenössische Landwirtschaft- Anerkanntes Pflanz-
          liche Forschungsansta It,      gut
          Zürich
                                         - Klasse A                                i
                                         - Klasse Β                                ι
 ---pagebreak---                                       PART II
                                       Conch tions
            f»
  1 . Seed potatoes shall be officially certified and their containers
      officially marked and sealed in accordance with the European standard
      for seed potatoes recom/nended by the Working Party on Standardization
      of Perishable Foodstuffs of the Economic Commission for Europe .
  2 ^ Field inspection shall be< carried out by the services of country producer
      or by any legal person whether governed by public or by private law of -
      that country, acting under the responsibility of such services , provided
      that such person derives no private gain from the result of the inspection .
• 3 . All particulars shall be provided in at least one of the official languages
      of the European Communities .
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  4 . The colour of the label shall be :
      - white for basic seed potatoes ,
      - blue for certified seed potatoes .