CELEX: 32004D0660
Language: en
Date: 2004-07-05 00:00:00
Title: 2004/660/EC: Commission Decision of 5 July 2004 on the Community position on the amendment of the Appendices to Annex 6 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products

28.9.2004   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 301/55
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 5 July 2004
   on the Community position on the amendment of the Appendices to Annex 6 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
   (2004/660/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council, and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven Agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, hereinafter called the ‘Agriculture Agreement’, entered into force on 1 June 2002.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 6 of the Agriculture Agreement sets up a Joint Committee for Agriculture responsible for administering the Agriculture Agreement and ensuring that it operates smoothly.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Article 11 of the Agriculture Agreement provides that the Joint Committee for Agriculture may decide to amend Annexes 1 and 2 and the Appendices to the other Annexes to the Agreement.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Community position to be taken by the Commission in the Joint Committee for Agriculture regarding the amendments to the Appendices must be defined.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The Community position to be adopted by the Commission in the Joint Committee for Agriculture set up by Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee for Agriculture annexed to this Decision.
   Article 2
   In conformity with the rules of procedure of the Joint Committee for Agriculture, this draft Decision shall be signed on behalf of the European Community by:
   
               —
            
            
               Michael Scannell, acting as head of delegation for the matters of competence of the Directorate-General Health and Consumer Protection;
            
         
               —
            
            
               Hans-Christian Beaumond, acting as Secretary of the Joint Committee on Agriculture.
            
         Article 3
   The Decision of the Joint Committee for Agriculture shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union after adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 5 July 2004.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         David BYRNE
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.
   
      ANNEX
      
         DECISION No 4/2004 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE SET UP UNDER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
         of …
         concerning the amendments to the Appendices to Annex 6
         (…/…/…)
         THE JOINT COMMITTEE FOR AGRICULTURE,
         Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2002.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Annex 6 concerns seeds and propagating material of agricultural, vegetable, fruit and ornamental plant species and of vines. The said Annex 6 is supplemented by four appendices.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 1, section 1, defines the legislation of both parties and recognises that the requirements laid down in those legislations have the same effects.
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 1, section 2, defines the legislation of both parties and mutually recognises the certificates drawn up in accordance with the legislation of the other by defined bodies.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 2 lists the bodies responsible for conformity checks of seeds in the European Community as well as in Switzerland.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 3 lists the derogations authorised by the European Community and by Switzerland.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 4 lists the third countries recognised by both parties from which the seed may be imported. Furthermore it defines the species concerned and the scope of recognition.
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     The above mentioned Appendices should be amended to take account of changes in legislation since the end of negotiations,
                  
               HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
         Article 1
         The Appendices to Annex 6 to the Agreement are hereby replaced by the appendices to this Decision.
         Article 2
         This Decision shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.
         
            Done at Brussels, 5 July 2004.
            
               
                  For the European Community
               
               Michael SCANNELL
               
            
            
               
                  For the Swiss Confederation
               
               Christian HÄBERLI
               
            
            
               
                  For the Secretariat of the Joint Committee on Agriculture
               
               Hans-Christian BEAUMOND
               
            
         
      
      
         APÉNDICE
         ‘
               APPENDIX 1
               LEGISLATION
               Section 1 (recognition of the conformity of legislation)
               A.   COMMUNITY PROVISIONS
               1.   Basic legislation
               Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66), as last amended by Directive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).
               Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66), as last amended by Directive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).
               Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Official Journal L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 1).
               Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of beet seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p.12), as last amended by Directive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).
               Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60), as last amended by Directive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).
               Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74), as last amended by Directive 2003/61/EC (OJ L 165, 3.7.2003, p. 23).
               2.   Implementing provisions
               Commission Directive 74/268/EEC of 2 May 1974 laying down special conditions concerning the presence of ’Avena fatua’ in fodder plant and cereal seed (OJ L 141, 24.5.1974, p. 19), as last amended by Directive 78/511/EEC (OJ L 157, 15.6.1978, p. 34).
               Commission Directive 75/502/EEC of 25 July 1975 limiting the marketing of seed of smooth-stalk meadow grass (Poa pratensis L.) to seed which has been officially certified ‘basic seed’ or ‘certified seed’ (OJ L 228, 29.8.1975, p. 26)
               Commission Decision 80/755/EEC of 17 July 1980 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of cereal seed (OJ L 207, 9.8.1980, p. 37), as last amended by Decision 81/109/EEC (OJ L 64, 11.3.1981, p. 13).
               Commission Decision 81/675/EEC of 28 July 1981 establishing that particular sealing systems are ‘non-reusable systems’ within the meaning of Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC (OJ L 246, 29.8.1981, p. 26), as last amended by Decision 86/563/EEC (OJ L 327, 22.11.1986, p. 50).
               Commission Directive 86/109/EEC of 27 February 1986 limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as ‘basic seed’ or ‘certified seed’ (OJ L 93, 8.4.1986, p. 21), as last amended by Directive 91/376/EEC (OJ L 203, 26.7.1991, p. 108).
               Commission Directive 93/17/EEC of 30 March 1993 determining Community grades of basic seed potatoes, together with the conditions and designations applicable to such grades (OJ L 106, 30.4.1993, p. 7).
               Commission Decision 97/125/EC of 24 January 1997 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of oil and fibre plants and amending Decision 87/309/EEC authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of certain fodder plant species (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 35).
               Council Decision 97/788/EC of 17 November 1997 on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries (OJ L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 39), as last amended by Commission Decision 2004/120/EC of 29 January 2004 (OJ L 36, 7.2.2004, p. 57).
               Commission Decision 98/320/EC of 27 April 1998 on the organisation of a temporary experiment on seed sampling and seed testing pursuant to Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC (OJ L 140, 12.5.1998, p. 14), as last amended by Decision 2002/280/EC (OJ L 99, 16.4.2002, p. 22).
               Commission Regulation (EC) No 930/2000 of May 2004 establishing implementing rules as to the suitability of the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (OJ L 108, 5.5.2000, p. 3).
               Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10) as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 885/2004 (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 1).
               Commission Directive 2003/90/EC of 6 October 2003 setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7).
               Decisión 2004/266/CE de la Comisión, de 17 de marzo de 2004, por la que se autoriza la impresión indeleble de las indicaciones requeridas en los envases de semillas de plantas forrajeras (DO L 83 de 20.3.2004, p. 23).
               B.   SWISS PROVISIONS (1 2 3)
               
               Federal Law of 29 April 1998 on agriculture, as last amended on 20 June 2003 (RO 2003 4217).
               Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on the production and entry into free circulation of plant propagating material, as last amended on 26 November 2003 (RO 2003 4921).
               DFE Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on seeds and seedlings of species of arable crops and fodder plants, as last amended on 8 March 2002 (RO 2002 1489).
               OFAG Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on the catalogue of varieties of cereals, potatoes, fodder plants, oil and fibre plants and beet, as last amended on 15 May 2003 (RO 2003 1404).
               Section 2 (mutual recognition of certificates)
               A.   COMMUNITY PROVISIONS
               1.   Basic legislation
               —
               2.   SWISS PROVISIONS
               —
               B.   SWISS PROVISIONS
               —
               C.   CERTIFICATES REQUIRED FOR IMPORTS
               —
            
            
               APPENDIX 2
               SEED INSPECTION AND CERTIFICATION BODIES (1 2 3)
               
               A.   EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
               BELGIUM
               
                           1.
                        
                        
                           
                                       Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
                                    
                                 
                                       Administratie Kwaliteit Landbouwproductie (AKL)
                                    
                                 
                                       Dienst Normering en Controle Plantaardige Productie (NCPP)
                                    
                                 
                                       WTC III — 12de verd.
                                    
                                 
                                       Simon Bolivarlaan, 30
                                    
                                 
                                       B-1000 Brussels
                                    
                                 
                     
                           2.
                        
                        
                           
                                       Ministère de la Région Wallonne
                                    
                                 
                                       Direction Générale de l'Agriculture
                                    
                                 
                                       Division de la Recherche, du Développement et de la qualité
                                    
                                 
                                       Direction de la Qualité des Produits
                                    
                                 
                                       Bloc B
                                    
                                 
                                       Rue des Moulins de Meuse 4
                                    
                                 
                                       B-5000 Beez
                                    
                                 
                     CZECH REPUBLIC
               
                           Ústřední kontrolní a zkušební ústav zemědělský (Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture)
                        
                     
                           Odbor osiv a sadby (Division of Seed Materials and Planting Stock)
                        
                     
                           Za Opravnou 4
                        
                     
                           CZ-150 06 Praha 5 – Motol
                        
                     DENMARK
               
                           Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri
                        
                     
                           Plantedirektoratet
                        
                     
                           Skovbrynet 20
                        
                     
                           DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
                        
                     GERMANY
               
                           
                                       Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Frauen
                                    
                                 
                                       Fachbereich Landwirtschaft
                                    
                                 
                                       Referat IV B 61
                                    
                                 
                                       D-10820 Berlin
                                    
                                 
                        
                           B
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftskammer Nordrhein-Westfalen
                                    
                                 
                                       Referat 51 — Landbau
                                    
                                 
                                       Anerkennungsstelle NRW
                                    
                                 
                                       Endenicher Allee 60
                                    
                                 
                                       D-53115 Bonn
                                    
                                 
                        
                           BN
                        
                     
                           
                                       Der Senator für Frauen, Gesundheit, Jugend, Soziales und Umweltschutz
                                    
                                 
                                       Referat 33
                                    
                                 
                                       Große Weidestraße 4—16
                                    
                                 
                                       D-28195 Bremen
                                    
                                 
                        
                           HB
                        
                     
                           
                                       Bayerische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft
                                    
                                 
                                       Institut für Pflanzenbau u. Pflanzenzüchtung
                                    
                                 
                                       — Amtliche Saatenanerkennung —
                                    
                                 
                                       Postfach 16 41
                                    
                                 
                                       D-85316 Freising
                                    
                                 
                        
                           FS
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftskammer Hannover
                                    
                                 
                                       — Referat 32.1 —
                                    
                                 
                                       Postfach 2 69
                                    
                                 
                                       D-30002 Hannover
                                    
                                 
                        
                           H
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Gartenbau
                                    
                                 
                                       Sachsen-Anhalt (LLG)
                                    
                                 
                                       Abt. 6, Dez. 62
                                    
                                 
                                       Prüf- u. Anerkennungsstelle für Saat- u. Pflanzgut
                                    
                                 
                                       Heinrich-u.-Thomas-Mann-Str. 19
                                    
                                 
                                       D-06108 Halle
                                    
                                 
                        
                           HAL
                        
                     
                           
                                       Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg
                                    
                                 
                                       Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
                                    
                                 
                                       Amt Wirtschaft u. Landwirtschaft
                                    
                                 
                                       Postfach 11 21 09
                                    
                                 
                                       D-20421 Hamburg
                                    
                                 
                        
                           HH
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landesforschungsanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Fischerei
                                    
                                 
                                       Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
                                    
                                 
                                       Landesanerkennungsstelle f. Saat- u. Pflanzgut
                                    
                                 
                                       Graf-Lippe-Straße 1
                                    
                                 
                                       D-18059 Rostock
                                    
                                 
                        
                           HRO
                        
                     
                           
                                       Thüringer Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft
                                    
                                 
                                       Referat Saatgut
                                    
                                 
                                       Naumburger Straße 98
                                    
                                 
                                       D-07743 Jena
                                    
                                 
                        
                           J
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftliche Untersuchungs- und Forschungsanstalt
                                    
                                 
                                       Augustenberg
                                    
                                 
                                       Saatgutanerkennungsstelle
                                    
                                 
                                       Postfach 43 02 30
                                    
                                 
                                       D-76217 Karlsruhe
                                    
                                 
                        
                           KA
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftskammer
                                    
                                 
                                       Schleswig-Holstein
                                    
                                 
                                       Abteilung Pflanzenbau
                                    
                                 
                                       Fachbereich Saatgutwesen
                                    
                                 
                                       Am Kamp 9
                                    
                                 
                                       D-24783 Osterrönfeld
                                    
                                 
                        
                           KI
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftskammer
                                    
                                 
                                       Rheinland-Pfalz
                                    
                                 
                                       — Amtliche Saatenanerkennung —
                                    
                                 
                                       Postfach 18 51
                                    
                                 
                                       D-55508 Bad Kreuznach
                                    
                                 
                        
                           KH
                        
                     
                           
                                       Hessisches Dienstleistungszentrum
                                    
                                 
                                       für Landwirtschaft, Gartenbau und Naturschutz
                                    
                                 
                                       Kölnische Straße 48—50
                                    
                                 
                                       D-34117 Kassel
                                    
                                 
                        
                           KS
                        
                     
                           
                                       Sächsische Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft
                                    
                                 
                                       Fachbereich 4, Ref. 43
                                    
                                 
                                       Saatgut- und Sortenwesen
                                    
                                 
                                       Waldheimer Str. 219
                                    
                                 
                                       D-01683 Nossen
                                    
                                 
                        
                           MEI
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftskammer Weser-Ems
                                    
                                 
                                       Fachbereich 3.10
                                    
                                 
                                       Anerkennungsstelle
                                    
                                 
                                       Postfach 25 49
                                    
                                 
                                       D-26015 Oldenburg
                                    
                                 
                        
                           OL
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landwirtschaftskammer
                                    
                                 
                                       für das Saarland
                                    
                                 
                                       Lessingstraße 12
                                    
                                 
                                       D-66121 Saarbrücken
                                    
                                 
                        
                           SB
                        
                     
                           
                                       Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz und Landwirtschaft
                                    
                                 
                                       Referat 45 — Saatenanerkennung
                                    
                                 
                                       Verwaltungszentrum — Teilbereich C
                                    
                                 
                                       Steinplatz 1
                                    
                                 
                                       D-15838 Wünsdorf
                                    
                                 
                        
                           TF
                        
                     ESTONIA
               
                           Taimetoodangu Inspektsioon (Estonian Plant Production Inspectorate (PPI))
                        
                     
                           Vabaduse plats 4
                        
                     
                           EE-71020 Viljandi
                        
                     
                           1.
                        
                        
                           Seed Certification Department (seeds other than potato)
                        
                     
                           2.
                        
                        
                           Plant Health Department (only potato)
                        
                     GREECE
               
                           Ministry of Rural Development and Food
                        
                     
                           Directorate General of Plant Production
                        
                     
                           Directorate of Inputs of Crop Production
                        
                     
                           2 Acharnon Street
                        
                     
                           GR-101 76 Athens
                        
                     SPAIN
               
                           Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación
                        
                     
                           Oficina española de variedades vegetales Madrid
                        
                     
                           Generalitat de Catalunya
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de la Producción Agraria Barcelona
                        
                     
                           Comunidad Autónoma de País Vasco
                        
                     
                           Dirección de Agricultura Vitoria-Álava
                        
                     
                           Junta de Galicia
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Producción Agropecuaria Santiago de Compostela
                        
                     
                           Gobierno de Cantabria
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Agricultura Santander
                        
                     
                           Principado de Asturias
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Agroalimentación Oviedo
                        
                     
                           Junta de Andalucía
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de la Producción Agraria Sevilla
                        
                     
                           Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Agricultura e Industrias Agrarias Murcia
                        
                     
                           Diputacion General de Aragón
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Tecnología Agraria Zaragoza
                        
                     
                           Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de la Producción Agraria Toledo
                        
                     
                           Generalitat Valenciana
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Innovación Agraria y Ganadería Valencia
                        
                     
                           Gobierno de La Rioja
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Desarrollo Rural Logroño
                        
                     
                           Junta de Extremadura
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Producción, Investigación y Formación Agraria Mérida
                        
                     
                           Gobierno de Canarias
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Desarrollo Agrícola Santa Cruz de Tenerife
                        
                     
                           Junta de Castilla y León
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Producción Agropecuaria Valladolid
                        
                     
                           Gobierno Balear
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Agricultura Palma de Mallorca
                        
                     
                           Comunidad de Madrid
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Agricultura Madrid
                        
                     
                           Comunidad Foral de Navarra
                        
                     
                           Dirección General de Agricultura y Ganadería Pamplona
                        
                     FRANCE
               
                           Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Alimentation, de la Pêche et des Affaires Rurales
                        
                     
                           Service Officiel de Contrôle et de Certification (SOC)
                        
                     
                           Paris
                        
                     IRELAND
               
                           The Department of Agriculture and Food
                        
                     
                           Agriculture House
                        
                     
                           Kildare Street
                        
                     
                           Dublin 2
                        
                     ITALY
               
                           Ente Nazionale Sementi Elette (ENSE)
                        
                     
                           Milan
                        
                     CYPRUS
               
                           Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment
                        
                     
                           Department of Agriculture
                        
                     
                           1412, Nicosia
                        
                     LATVIA
               
                           Valsts Augu Aizsardzības dienests (State Plant Protection Service)
                        
                     
                           Republikas lauk. 2
                        
                     
                           LV-1981 Rīga
                        
                     LITHUANIA
               
                           Valstybinė sėklų ir grūdų tarnyba prie Žemės ūkio ministerijos (State Seed and Grain Service under the Ministry of Agriculture)
                        
                     
                           V. Kudirkos 18
                        
                     
                           LT-2600 Vilnius
                        
                     LUXEMBOURG
               
                           L'Administration des Services Techniques de l'Agriculture (ASTA)
                        
                     
                           Service de la Production Végétale
                        
                     
                           L-1470 Luxembourg
                        
                     HUNGARY
               
                           Országos Mezőgazdasági Minősítő Intézet (National Institute for Agricultural Quality Control)
                        
                     
                           Keleti Károly u. 24.
                        
                     
                           Pf. 30, 93
                        
                     
                           H-1525 Budapest 114.
                        
                     MALTA
               
                           Agricultural Services Laboratories,
                        
                     
                           Agricultural Services & Rural Development Division,
                        
                     
                           Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment
                        
                     
                           Ghammieri
                        
                     
                           Marsa
                        
                     NETHERLANDS
               
                           Nederlandse Algemene Keuringsdienst voor zaaizaad en pootgoed van landbouwgewassen (NAK)
                        
                     
                           Emmeloord
                        
                     AUSTRIA
               
                           Bundesamt für Ernährungssicherheit
                        
                     
                           Spargelfeldstrasse 191, PO Box 400
                        
                     
                           A-1226 Vienna
                        
                     POLAND
               
                           Państwowa Inspekcja Ochrony Roślin i Nasiennictwa (State Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service)
                        
                     
                           Ul. Wspólna 30
                        
                     
                           PL-00-930 Warszawa
                        
                     PORTUGAL
               
                           Ministério da Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas
                        
                     
                           Direcçãon Geral de Protecção das Culturas
                        
                     
                           Edificio I
                        
                     
                           Tapada da Ajuda
                        
                     
                           P-1349-018 Lisboa
                        
                     SLOVENIA
               
                           Kmetijski inštitut Slovenije (Agricultural institute of Slovenia)
                        
                     
                           Hacquetova 17
                        
                     
                           SI-1000 Ljubljana
                        
                     SLOVAK REPUBLIC
               
                           Ústredný kontrolný a skúšobný ústav poľnohospodársky (Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture)
                        
                     
                           Odbor osív a sadív (Department of Seeds and Planting Material)
                        
                     
                           Matúškova 21
                        
                     
                           SL-833 16 Bratislava
                        
                     FINLAND
               
                           Kasvintuotannon tarkastuskeskus (KTTK)/Kontrollcentralen för växtproduktion
                        
                     
                           Siementarkastusosasto/Frökontrollavdelningen
                        
                     
                           BO Box 111
                        
                     
                           FI-32201 Loimaa
                        
                     SWEDEN
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           Seeds other than seed potatoes
                           
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       
                                                   Statens utsädeskontroll (SUK) (Swedish Seed Testing and Certification Institute)
                                                
                                             
                                                   Svalöv
                                                
                                             
                                 
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       
                                                   Frökontrollen Mellansverige AB
                                                
                                             
                                                   Örebro
                                                
                                             
                                 
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           Seed potatoes
                           
                                       Statens utsädeskontroll (SUK) (Swedish Seed Testing and Certification Institute)
                                    
                                 
                                       Svalöv
                                    
                                 
                     UNITED KINGDOM
               
                            
                        
                        
                           
                              England and Wales
                           
                           
                                       (a)
                                    
                                    
                                       Seeds other than seed potatoes
                                       
                                                   Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
                                                
                                             
                                                   Plant Varieties and Seeds Division
                                                
                                             
                                                   Cambridge
                                                
                                             
                                 
                                       (b)
                                    
                                    
                                       Seed potatoes
                                       
                                                   Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
                                                
                                             
                                                   Plant Health Division
                                                
                                             
                                                   York
                                                
                                             
                                 
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           
                              Scotland
                           
                           
                                       Scottish Executive
                                    
                                 
                                       Environment and Rural Affairs Department
                                    
                                 
                                       Edinburgh
                                    
                                 
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           
                              Northern Ireland
                           
                           
                                       Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
                                    
                                 
                                       Environmental Policy
                                    
                                 
                                       Belfast
                                    
                                 
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               APPENDIX 3
               DEROGATIONS
               Community derogations allowed by Switzerland
               
                           (a)
                        
                        
                           dispensing certain Member States from the obligation to apply Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC on the marketing of fodder plant, cereal and oil and fibre plant seed to certain species:
                           
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                                       Commission Decision 69/270/EEC (OJ L 220, 1.9.1969, p. 8)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 69/271/EEC (OJ L 220, 1.9.1969, p. 9)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 69/272/EEC (OJ L 220, 1.9.1969, p. 10)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 70/47/EEC (OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 26), as last amended by Decision 80/301/EEC (OJ L 68, 14.3.1980, p. 30)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 70/48/EEC (OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 27)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 70/49/EEC (OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 28)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 70/93/EEC (OJ L 25, 2.2.1970, p. 16)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 70/94/EEC (OJ L 25, 2.2.1970, p. 17)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 70/481/CEE (OJ L 237, 28.10.1970, p. 29)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 73/123/EEC (OJ L 145, 2.6.1973, p. 43)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/5/EEC (OJ L 12, 15.1.1974, p. 13)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/360/EEC (OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 18), as last amended by Decision 2003/234/EC (OJ L 86, 3.4.2003, p. 48)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/361/EEC (OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 19)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/362/EEC (OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 20)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/491/EEC (OJ L 267, 3.10.1974, p. 18)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/532/EEC (OJ L 299, 7.11.1974, p. 14)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 80/301/EEC (OJ L 68, 14.3.1980, p. 30)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 80/512/EEC (OJ L 126, 21.5.1980, p. 15)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 86/153/EEC (OJ L 115, 3.5.1986, p. 26)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 89/101/EEC (OJ L 38, 10.2.1989, p. 37);
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (b)
                        
                        
                           authorising certain Member States to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties (cf. Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, 22nd complete edition, column 4 (OJ C 91A, 16.4.2003, p. 1);
                        
                     
                           (c)
                        
                        
                           authorising certain Member States to adopt more stringent provisions concerning the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed:
                           
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                                       Commission Decision 74/269/EEC (OJ L 141, 24.5.1974, p. 20), as amended by Decision 78/512/EEC (OJ L 157, 15.6.1978, p. 35)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 74/531/EEC (OJ L 299, 7.11.1974, p. 13)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 95/75/EC (OJ L 60, 18.3.1995, p. 30)
                                    
                                 
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                                       Commission Decision 96/334/EC (OJ L 127, 25.5.1996, p. 39);
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (d)
                        
                        
                           authorising, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 2002/56/EC:
                           
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                                       Commission Decision 2004/3/EC (OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p. 47);
                                    
                                 
                     
                           (e)
                        
                        
                           authorisation to assess the satisfaction of the varietal purity standards for seed of apomictic uniclonal varieties of Poa pratensis also on the basis of the results of seed and seedling testing
                           
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                                       Commission Decision 85/370/EEC (OJ L 209, 6.8.1985, p. 41).
                                    
                                 
                     
            
               APPENDIX 4
               LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES (1 2 3)
               
               
                            
                        
                        
                           Argentina
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Australia
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Bulgaria
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Canada
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Chile
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Croatia
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Israel
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Morocco
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           New Zealand
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Romania
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Serbia and Montenegro
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           South Africa
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Turkey
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           United States of America
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           Uruguay
                        
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         (1)  Local varieties authorised for marketing in Switzerland are not covered.
      
         (2)  Seeds of the species covered by the legislation under Appendix 1, section 1.
      
         (3)  Recognition is based on Council Decision 2003/17/EC (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 885/2004 (OJ L 168, 1.5.2004, p. 1) for field inspections of seed-producing crops and seeds produced, and on Council Decision 97/788/EC (OJ L 322, 25.11.1998, p. 39), as last amended by Commission Decision 2004/120/EC of 29 January 2004 (OJ L 36, 7.2.2004, p. 57) for checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties. The Agreement on the European Economic Area applies in the case of Norway.