CELEX: 31973D0086
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-26 00:00:00
Title: Second Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops

No L 106/ 18                                Official Journal of the European Communities                                20 . 4 . 73
                                                    SECOND COUNCIL DECISION
                                                           of 26 March 1973
                on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing
                                                                   crops
                                                               (73/86/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                              Whereas, if it becomes apparent that the conditions
COMMUNITIES ,                                                            on which Community determinations are based are
                                                                         not or are no longer satisfied, the Decision shall not
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                       prevent those determinations from being revoked or
pean Economic Community;                                                 the period of their validity from not being extended;
                                                                         whereas further practical information on seed pro­
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                        duced in the a'bovementioned countries should be
 1966 (*) on the marketing of beet seed, as last amen­                   obtained by growing and controlling samples of such
ded by the Directive of 6 December 1972 ( 2), and in                     seed in comparative Community tests ;
particular Article 16 ( 1 ) ( a) thereof;
                                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June
 1966 ( 3) on the marketing of fodder plant seed, as                                             Article 1
last amended by the Directive of 6 December
 1972 (2 ), and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) ( a) thereof;             It is hereby declared that, where the special con­
                                                                         ditions laid down in the Annex are satisfied, field
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                        inspections of crops producing seed of the 'certified
1966 ( 4) on the marketing of cereal seed, as last                       seed' category carried out in Finland, Canada, Nor­
 amended by the Directive of 6 December 1972 (2 ),                       way, Switzerland and Hungary by the authorities
 and in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) ( a) thereof;                        listed in the Annex and in respect of the species
                                                                         specified therein, satisfy the conditions laid down in
Having regard to the Council Directive of 30 June                        Annex I to the Council Directives of 14 June 1966
1969 (5 ) on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre                      on the marketing of beet seed, fodder plant seed and
plants, as last amended by the Directive of 6 De­                        cereal seed and to the Council Directive of 30 June
cember 1972 (2), and in particular Article 15 ( 1 ) ( a)                 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants .
thereof ;
                                                                                                 Article 2
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­
sion ;                                                                   This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1973
                                                                         until 30 June 1976.
Whereas there are rules on seed control in Finland ,
Canada, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland and Hungary ;                                                Article 3
whereas those rules provide for official field inspec­
tion to be carried out during the period of seed pro­                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
duction ;
                                                                         Done at Brussels, 26 March 1973 .
Whereas those rules and the manner in which they
are applied have been examined and the examina­                                                            For the Council
tion has established that the prescribed field inspec­                                                       The President
tions satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I
to the above Directives ;                                                                                     A. LAVENS
i1)  OJ No   125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , p . 2290/66 .
f2)  OJ No   L 287, 26 . 12 . 1972 , p . 22 .
( 3) OJ No   125 , 11 . 7 1966 , p 2298/66.
{*)  OJ No   125 , 11 . 7. 1966 , p . 2309/66.
(5) OT No L 169 , 10. 7 . 1969 , p . 3 .
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                                               ANNEX
       Ref                                                                                           Special
       No      Country               Authority                            Species                  conditions
        1         2                     3                                    4                          5
        1  Finland     Valtion Siementarkastuslaitos ,      Grass and legumes species subject      1,3,4,5
                       Helsinki                             to national rules on varietal
                                                            control
        2  Canada                                           — Beet                                 1,3,5,6
                                                            —■ Cereals except canary grass ,
                                                                maize and rice                     1,3,4,5
                                                            — maize                                2 , 3 , 4, 5
                       Canadian Seed Growers '
                       Association                          — Swede cabbage, fodder kale,
                                                                fodder radish                      2,3,4,5
                                                            — Oil and fibre plants (swede
                                                                rape, turnip rape, sunflower,
                                                                oil-bearing flax, mustards, soya
                                                                bean)                              2,3,4,5
        3  Norway      Statens Savarerad, Oslo              Grass and legume species subject       1 , 3 , 4, 5
                                                            to national rules on varietal
                                                            control
        4  Sweden                                           — Beet                                  1,3,5,6
                       Statens Centrala                     — Swede cabbage, fodder kale           2 , 3,4, 5
                       Frokontrollanstalt, Solna
                                                            — Oil and fibre plants ( turnip
                                                                rape, swede rape, flax, opium,
                                                                poppy, white mustard)              2,3,4,5
        5  Switzerland — Station fédérale de recherches
                           agronomiques , Lausanne                                                  1,3,4,5
                                                            Grass and legume species subject to
                       — Station fédérale de recherches     national rules on varietal control
                           agronomiques , Zurich
        6  Hungary     Orzagos Vetomagfeliigyeloseg         Fodder radish                           2,3,4,5
                       ( Hungarian Office in charge of
                       seed control ) Budapest
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                                                     SPECIAL CONDITIONS
            1 . Field inspection shall be carried out in accordance with national rules for the application
                 of the scheme for the varietal certification of seed moving in international trade of the
                 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD )
            2. Field inspection shall be carried out in accordance with national rules for the varietal con­
                 trol of seed.
           3 . Field inspection shall be carried out by State authorities or by any legal person whether
                 governed by public or by private law, acting under the responsibility of such authorities,
                 provided that such person derives no private gain from the result of the inspection.
            4. Harvested seed shall be packed in officially sealed packages which bear an official label
                 giving the following information :
                  (a) authority responsible and country ;
                  ( b ) species ;
                 ( c) variety ;
                 (d) reference number of the basic seed and name of the Member State which certified the
                         seed ;
                 (e) reference number of the lot ;
                 (f) declared net or gross weight;
                 (g) the words 'non-certified seed'.
                 All information shall be given in at least one of the official languages of the European
                 Communities .
           5 . An official notice shall give the following information :
                — area cultivated ;
                — quantity of harvested seed;
                — an attestation that the crops from which the seed comes have satisfied an official
                       field inspection.
           6. Harvested seed shall be packed in an officially sealed package bearing the special label
                 prescribed by the OECD for seed which has not been finally certified; this label shall give
                the following additional information :
                — reference number of the basic seed ;
                — name of the Member State which certified the seed .