CELEX: 31991D0488
Language: en
Date: 1991-09-04 00:00:00
Title: 91/488/EEC: Commission Decision of 4 September 1991 amending Decision 88/324/EEC establishing the amendments to be made in respect of potatoes, to the measures taken by Denmark to protect itself against the introduction of corynebacterium sepedonicum

No L 261 / 12                        Official Journal of the European Communities                                   18 . 9 . 91
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                                         (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                 COMMISSION
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 4 September 1991
                 amending Decision 88/324/EEC establishing the amendments to be made in
                 respect of potatoes, to the measures taken by Denmark to protect itself against
                                  the introduction of Corynebacterium sepedonicum
                                             (Only the Danish text is authentic)
                                                       (91 /488/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      Whereas these provisions mainly lay down that potatoes
                                                                 imported into Denmark, other than those imported for
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           consumption between 15 April and 30 June of the year of
 Economic Community,                                             production, are required :
                                                                 — to be derived in direct line from propagating material
 Having regard to Council Directive 80/665/EEC of 24                  which has its origin in disease-free potato meristems,
June 1980 on the control of potato ring rot ('), and in
particular Article 9 (2) thereof,                                     and
                                                                 — not to have been in contact during production,
 Having regard to the communication made by Denmark                   harvesting, storage, grading or transport with tubers of
on 15 November 1985,                                                  other origins ;
Whereas Denmark has implemented a programme to                   Whereas pursuant to these Orders, potatoes from other
eradicate Corynebacterium sepedonicum, the agent                 Member States may no longer be imported into Denmark,
causing bacterial ring rot in potatoes and known to occur        unless they meet the aforementioned requirements ;
in Denmark ;
                                                                 Whereas Denmark has justified these measures by the
Whereas Denmark adopted, within the framework of this            need to ensure that the effectiveness of its eradication
programme, on 28 September 1984, the 'Landbrugsminis­            programme is not jeopardized by possible reinfections of
teriets bekendtgørelse nr. 499 om læggekartofler' (Ministry      its own potato production through contacts with potatoes
of Agriculture Order No 499 concerning seed potatoes) as         of uncertain origin as regards their health standard ;
replaced on 11 December 1987 by the 'Landbrugsministe­
riets bekendtg0relse nr. 795 om læggekartofler' (Ministry
of Agriculture Order No 795 concerning seed potatoes),           Whereas by Commission Decision 88/324/EEC (2)
on 29 August 1985, the 'Landbrugsministeriets bekend­            Denmark was required to amend the Orders of 29 August
                                                                 1985 and 11 December 1987 ;
tgørelse nr. 395 om konsumkartofler' (Ministry of Agricul­
ture Order No 395 concerning potatoes for consumption),
and, on 11 December 1987, the 'Landbrugsministeriets             Whereas, in this Decision, it was established that it was
bekendtgørelse nr. 820 om indførsel og udførsel af planter       prudent to allow Denmark, to require for a limited period,
m.m.' (Ministry of Agriculture Order No 820 on imports           certain additional safeguards, since technical examination
and exports of plants etc.) which supplemented the rele­         which is necessary for the assessment of the justification
vant provisions of the previous Orders ;                         given by Denmark was not completed at that time ;
(') OJ No L 180, 14. 7. 1980, p. 30.                             0 OJ No L 147, 14. 6. 1988, p. 84.
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 Whereas, in particular, there was insufficient information       Whereas this Decision is without prejudice to any further
  to assess whether seed potatoes originating in parts of the     action which might be decided as a result of the con­
  Community where Corynebacterium sepedonicum is not              tinuing technical examination of the Danish measures ;
 known to occur, and which have been officially certified
 under Council Directive 66/403/EEC ('), as last amended          Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
 by Commission Directive 91 /127/EEC (2), may present a           accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
 potential risk for the effectiveness of the Danish eradica­      on Plant Health,
 tion programme ;
 Whereas, by Decision 90/ 112/EEC (3), the period                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 mentioned in Decision 88/324/EEC by which Denmark
 was allowed to require additional safeguards in respect of                                 Article 1
 both seed potatoes and potatoes for consumpton was
 extended until 30 June 1991 ;                                    In Article 1 (2) of Decision 88/324/EEC, '30 June 1991 ' is
                                                                  replaced by '31 December 1992'.
 Whereas it is still not possible to assess fully that risk as
 well as that presented by potatoes for consumption ;                                       Article 2
 Whereas the period during which Denmark should be
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark.
 allowed to require certain safeguards, in respect of both
 seed potatoes and potatoes for consumption should be
 extended ;
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 4 September 1991 .
 Whereas the safeguards shall be reconsidered at the expiry
 of the aforementioned limited period, with a view to                                         For the Commission
 establishing uniform standards and rules against the intro­                                   Ray MAC SHARRY
 duction or spread of Corynebacterium sepedonicum, appli­
 cable to all Member States :                                                             Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
0 OJ No L 60, 7. 3. 1991 , p. 18 .
(3) OJ No L 67, 15. 3. 1990, p. 49.