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Date: 1980-12-10
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending, as a result of the accession of Greece, Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of harmful organisms of plants or plant products (presented by the Commission to the Council)

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                                        Proposal for a
                                       COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
            amending , as a result of the accession of Greece , Directive
             77 / 93 / EEC on protective measures against the introduction
             into the Member States of harmful organisms of plants or
                                        plant products
                        ( presented by the Commission to the Council )
COM ( 30 ) 845 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                Frcoosal for «
                amending , as a result of the accession of Greece , Directive
                 77 / 93 / EEC on protective measures against the introduction
                 into the Member States of harmful organisms of plants or
                                               plant products
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , '
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
                                           »
Having regard to the Act of Accession of Greece , and in particular Article
146 thereof ,                                '
Jjaving regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
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                  ....         ..   –             m
Wfiereas Council Directive 77 /93 / EEC               , as
fended by Directives 80 /392 /EEC and 80 /393 /EEC (2 ), should pursuant to Annex II C|>
 (Part 2 ) ( D) (b) of the abovementioned Actr be adapted to take account of the ecological
 jj/jpditions and the plant health situation which characterize the territory of Greece
(mfi the territories of the present Member States ;                                        ?
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 W^preas ,therefore ,the Community should extend its protection jn respect of certain *
formful organisms of general concern;
phereas / moreover /           protection in respect of certain other harmful organisms of
jjpncern for Greece and regions with similar ecological conditions should be extended
jjp the Member States concerned;
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Whereas a transitional period seems appropriate in order to enable
Greece       to take all the steps which are necessary to comply with the provisions
of Directive 77 /93 / EEC         and to maintain the relations in respect of plant health
which exist between that Member State and the other Member States ,
  ( 1 ) OJ     L 26 , 31 .1 « 1977 , p. 20
  ( 2 ) OJ N° L 100 , 17:4.1980 , p. 32 and 35
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HA R. AOi-PTED ; i-! i. s     ' .".K l C.TIVE :
                                                   Article 1
            ' Dv-ec - . J 5 . 77 /93 / EEC is hereby amended as follows :
1 . In Article 20 ,. the following paragraph is added :
     "A. With r-;nord to the accession of Greece to the Community, that
           fi ember State shall bring into force the laws , regulations and administrative
           provisions necessary to comply
           a ) with the restrictions laid down in Article 11(3) by 1 January 1985 ;
           b) with the other provisions of this Directive by 1 January 1983 .
           The other Member States shall bring into force the laws , regulations and
           administrative provisions necessary to comply with the provisions of this
           Directive in respect of                       ' Greece        '.      as a Member State by the same
           dates .
2 . Annex I is hereby amended as ^follows :
     a ) In ( A ) (a ), the following item is inserted :                      •
          "4a . Helicoverpa armigera Hubner £= Heliothis zea Pod?]
     b) In ( B) (a )( 1 ) to (9 ), ( 11 ), ( 13 ) to (15 ), the word "Greece " is' added in
          the right-hand column .
     c ) In ( B ) ( b) , the word "Greece"             is         added in the right-hand column ^
     d) In ( 8 ) (c)(1 ) to ( 5 ), the word "Greece" '                          ; added in  the right-hand column .
     e) In (B)(c ), the following item                        is    inserted:
          "5a . Phymatotrichum omnivorum (Shear.) Dugg.                             | Greece"
      f ) In (B)(d), the word "Greece "                   1s      added in the1 right-hand column .
     Annex II is her'eby amended as follows :
   *                           i                           -•
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     a ) In A(a ), the following item
                         ,
                                                          is     inserted :
         *7a . Radopholus similis ( Cobb) ( Thorne)                   Plants of Araceae , Citru.s L. ,
                                                                         i
                                                                      Marantaceae, Musa,per sea sp .,
                                                                       with roots or with soil attached"
                                                                  « f
     b) In A(b ), the following items                  are         inserted :.-
           8a . X^nthomonas fragariae Kennedy et King Plant of Fragaria (Tourn .) L. ,
                            1 μ                 -      '              :     intended for planting, other than
                                                                           seeds
           5b . Xa-'i>nf; pas campeetri ? p.vi pruni                       Plants of Prunus L. , intended for
                           SH H >) Dye                                     planting, other than seeds "
                            '    ■ι
                • .- f*.
     Ci In                            I lowing item      is      inserted :
                  9?'_ i 'iti 1 ty top                                     Plants or Beta spp ,, intended for
                                                                           planting pther than seeds "
 ---pagebreak---                                     - 3
 cj) In B(a ), the following items           are         inserted :
     " 01 . Aleurothrixus flocossus ( l%sk ) Plants, o-f. Citrus L. ,                 Greece ?
                                                      intended for planting ,         JtaLy
                                      i
                                                      other than seeds
                                    i            '             ι
       02 . Anthonomus grandis Boh .                  Plant3 of cotton ( Gossypiun'   Greece   "
                                                      sp.)>other than seeds
 e> In 8(a ) , item (5 ) is deleted .
 f) In B(a ), the following items are inserted :
     " 10a . Leucaspis japónica CKIL               Plants of Citrus L. , Malus Mill ,    F ranee ,
                                              and Pyrus L. , intended for planting , Greece ,
                                              other than seeds                           Italy
       12 . Unaspis yanonensis Muw             Plants of Citrus Li , intended for        France ,
                                              planting,, other than seeds                Greece ,
                                                                                         Italy "
g ) In B(b), the figure " 1 ."          is       . added before the word " Corynebacterium " and
     the word "Greece " shall be added , in the right-hand column .
h ) In B(b), the following item              "is       added :
       2 . Pseudomonas glycinea Coerper Seeds of soya bean ( Glycine max . L.            Greece
                                                   Merril ? for planting
i ,) In 8(c)(1 ), the words " intended for planting and fruit including any or all
     of the outer pericarp "      are         added in the second column and the word "Gr
      ts        added in the third column .
k ) i-n B(c)C2 ) to ( 6 ), the word "Greece "              is    added in the third column .
I)' In B(c ), the following item is added : ^
     " 4a . G lomerel.la gossvp'n '        | Seeds
                                             Seeds of  cl cotton ( Gossypiuni srO for    Greec:-.:
                                               ,             ■
                                             planting
 ---pagebreak--- Annex IV is hereby amended as follows :
a ) In A(16 ), left-hand column, the words
       "Xanthomonas fragariae Kennedy et King ( Annex II(A)(b)(8a )
         are inserted in the first indent "- on Fragaria (Tourn .) L. ",
                                    ι
                 *                             %
                                                    )
 !    and the words
      "Xanthomonas , campestris p.v. pruni CE.F. Smith ) Dye ( Anqex II(A)(b)(8b)
                                                                  I '•
        are     inserted in the second indent "- on Prunus
b) In A , the following items are inserted :
      "28a . Plants of Chrysanthemum , Dianthus ,     Official statement :
             and Pelargonium      other than seeds t a ) that no symptoms of Epichoristodes
             and cut flowers                             acerbella , Helicoverpa armigera ,
                                                         Spodoptera littoralis ( Boisd .) or
                                                         Spodoptera litura ( F. ) have been
                                                         observed at the place of production
                                                          since the beginning of the last
                                                         complete cycle of vegetation , or
                                                      b) that the plants have undergone
                     : ι Ί                                appropriate treatment to protect
                                                          them from the said organisms .
    36a . Plants of Beta spp ., intended for plan­ Official statement , that no symptoms
          ting, other than seeds          t,          of Beet curly top have been observed
                                                      at the place of production since the
                                                      beginning of the last complete cycle
                                                      of vegetation ."
   :) In B(2 ) yiv *       the word " Greece "   is    added in the third column .
 ---pagebreak---   d) In B, item ( 15 )       is deleted .
  e) In 3 , the toll owing items i s acided :
     17 . Seeds of soya been ( Glycine                  Official statement , that no          Greer ?
           max . L. Merri I ) for planting              symptoms of Pseudomonas glytinea
                                                        Coerper have been observed at
                                                        the place of production since
                                                        the beginning of the last com­
                                                        plete cycle of vegetation
                                                                                            i
      18 . Seeds of cotton ( Gossypium                  Official statement ,                  Gree
           sp."5 for planting                           - that the seed has been acid
                                                           de-linted, or
                                                        - that no symptoms of Glome re I ta
                                                           gossypit have been observed
                                                           at the place of production
                                                           since' the beginning of the
                                                           last complete cycle of vege­
                                                           tation , or
                                                        - that a representative sample
                                                                , . I ,
                                                           has be^n tested in accordance
                                                           with art internationally
                                                           accepted method and has been
                                                           found free from Glomerella
                                                           gossypii in those tests .
                                         Article 2
Member States shall bring into force the laws , regulations and administrative
provisions necessary to comply with '
- Article 1(1 ) by 1 January 1 981 J
- Article 1(2 ) ( a ), ( 3 ) ( a ), (b>, ( c ), ( 4 ) (a ), ( b> by 1 January 1983
- the other provisions of this Directive , when the protected Member States so rec
                                         Article 3
This Directive is addressed to the Member States ,