CELEX: 51987PC0062
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Date: 1987-02-19
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes (presented by the Commission)

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                                                    COM(87) 62 final
                                                    Brussels , 19 February 1987
                                  Proposai for a
                                COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                   amending Directive 66 / 403/ EEC on the
                         marketing of seed potatoes
                       ( presented by the Commission )
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                              EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
For plant health reasons the importation of seed potatoes into the Community from
Canada is in principle prohibited . The Commission has recently adopted a decision
approving certain derogations from that prohibition . The derogations enable the
importation of seed potatoes of certain varieties into Greece and Italy until 31
March 1987 subject to the satisfaction of conditions specified in the decision .
Furthermore , the Community plant health regime does not apply in Spain and Portugal
until 1 March 1987 and so , as far as plant health is concerned , seed potatoes
can be imported from Canada into those two countries un'til 28 February 1987 .
To be fully effective , those plant health derogations need to be completed by an
amendment of Council Directive 66 / 403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes . As
there is no Community equivalence regime for seed potatoes , the power of Member
States to apply nationally adopted equivalence regimes must be extended for the
duration of the derogations described above . That is the object of the present
proposal .
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                                              PROPOSAL
for a Council Directive amending Directive 66 / 403 /EEC on the marketing of seed
potatoes
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community , and
in particular Article 43 thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament ( 1 ),
Whereas Council Directive 66 / 403 / EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed
potatoes ( 2 ), as last amended by Directive 86 / 215 / EEC ( 3 ), provides that in
principle from 1 July 1975 onwards in the case of Member States other than
Greece , Spain and Portugal , from 1 January 1981 onwards in the case of Greece ,
and from 1 January 1986 onwards in the case of Spain and Portugal , Member
States may no longer determine for themselves the equivalence of seed potatoes
harvested in third countries with seed potatoes harvested within the Community
and complying with that Directive ;
Whereas , however , since work to establish Community equivalence for all the
third countries concerned had not been completed , Article 15 ( 2a ) of that
Directive permitted Member States to extend to 31 March 1986 in the case of
Member States other than Spain and Portugal , and to 30 June 1986 in the case
of Spain and Portugal , the period of validity of equivalences which they had
already determined in respect of certain countries not covered by the
Community equivalences ;
( 1 ) OJ No C
( 2 ) OJ No 125 , 11.7.1966 , f . 2320 / 66
( 3 ) OJ No L 152 , 6.6.1986 , f . 46
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas the said work is still incomplete and the said final dates should be
deferred to dates determined in accordance with Member States' obligations
under the common rules on plant health laid down by Council Directive
77 / 93 / EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction
into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products ( 4 ),
as last amended by Commission Directive 86 / 547 / EEC ( 5 );
Whereas this measure does not affect the aforementioned obligations and , in
respect of seed potatoes produced in Canada , the extension can therefore be
used only by Greece and Italy , within the limits set up by Commission
Decision                 ( 6 ), and by Spain and Portugal which , under the terms of
Council Directive                  ( 7 ) amending , consequent on the accession of Spain
and Portugal , Directive 77 / 93 / EEC , will not be implementing the provisions of
Directive 77 / 93 / EEC before 1 March 1987 ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
                                             Article 1
In Article 15(2a ) of Directive 66 / 403 / EEC :
- in the first sentence " 31 March 1986 " is replaced by " 31 March 1987 "
- in the second sentence " 31 March 1986" is replaced by " 31 March 1987 " and
   " 30 June 1986 " is replaced by " 28 February 1987 ".
                                             Article 2
This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
( 4 ) OJ No L    26 , 31.01.1977 , p. 20
( 5 ) OJ No L 323 , 18.11.1986 , p. 21
( 6 ) OJ No L
( 7 ) OJ No L