CELEX: 31986D0317
Language: en
Date: 1986-06-27 00:00:00
Title: 86/317/EEC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1986 amending Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries

18 . 7. 86                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 196/63
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 27 June 1986
                   amending Seventh Council Decision 85 /356/EEC on the equivalence of seed
                                                      produced in third countries
                                                              (86/317/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
                                                                       accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  pn Seeds and Propagating Material in Agriculture, Horti­
Economic Community,                                                    culture and Forestry,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30
June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre
plants ('), as last , amended by Directive 86/ 155/EEC (2),            HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC
of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of seed produced in
third countries (3), as amended by Decision 85/588/                                              Article 1
EEC (4), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
                                                                       The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision
Whereas in Decision 85/356/ EEC the Council deter­                      85/356/EEC is hereby amended by inserting in column 3
mined that seed of certain species produced in certain                 of the section relating to Australia the species 'Helianthus
third countries is equivalent to corresponding seed                     annuus ' below 'Brassica rapa (partim)'.
produced in the Community ;
Whereas for certain species that determination includes                                          Article 2
Australia ;
Whereas an examination of the rules of Australia and of                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
the manner in which they are applied has shown that the
conditions governing sunflower seed harvested and
controlled in Australia afford the same assurances, as
regards the seed's characteristics, identity, examination,              Done at Brussels, 27 June 1986.
marking and control, as do the conditions applicable to
sunflower seed harvested and controlled within                 the
                                                                                                   For the Commission
Community ;
                                                                                                    Frans ANDRIESSEN
Whereas the existing equivalence for Australia should
therefore be extended to include sunflower seed ;                                                      Vice-President
 (') OJ No   L 169,    10 . 7. 1969 , p. 3 .
 (2) OJ No   L 118 ,  7. 5. 1986, p. 23.
 (3) OJ No   L  195,  26. 7. 1985, p. 20 .
 (4) OJ No   L 372,   31 . 12. 1985, p. 47.