CELEX: 31975D0407
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Fourth Council Decision of 24 June 1975 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops

14 . 7. 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 183/ 17
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                                                    COUNCIL
                                              FOURTH COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 24 June 1975
                          on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries
                                                   on seed-producing crops
                                                        (75/407/EEC )
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                         the prescribed field inspections satisfy the conditions
                                                                  laid down in Annex          I  to  the  abovementioned
                                                                  Directives ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                  Whereas this Decision does not preclude Community
                                                                  findings being revoked or extension of the period of
Having regard to Council Directive No 66/402/EEC                  their validity being refused, when the conditions on
(x ) of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed,             which they are based are not or cease to be
as last amended by Directive No 73/438 /EEC (2), and              satisfied ; whereas, to this end, further practical
in particular Article 16 ( 1 ) (a) thereof;                       information on seed produced in the abovementioned
                                                                  countries should be obtained by growing and
                                                                  checking samples of such seed in comparative
Having regard to Council Directive No 69/208/
                                                                   Community tests ;
EEC (3) of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed
of oil and fibre plants, as last amended by Directive
No 73 /438/EEC, and in particular Article 15 ( 1 ) (a)            "Whereas it has become necessary to amend certain
thereof;                                                          Council Decisions declaring equivalences owing to
                                                                  a transfer of powers within a national authority
                                                                   responsible for official seed control,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas there are rules on seed control in Australia
and in Hungary; whereas these rules provide for                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
official field inspection to be carried out during the
period of seed production ;
                                                                                           Article 1
Whereas an examination of these rules              and the
manner in which they are applied has revealed that                 It is hereby determined that, where the special
                                                                   conditions laid down in the Annex to this Decision
                                                                   are satisfied, field inspections of crops producing
W OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.                              seed of the 'certified seed' category carried out in
(2) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 79.                              the countries and by the authorities listed in the
 (3) OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3 .                              said Annex and in respect of the species specified
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therein satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to            seed-producing crops, under reference No 1 the
Directive No 66/402/EEC or No 69/208/EEC.                         words 'Department of Primary Industries', in column
                                                                  3, shall be replaced by the words 'Department of
                                                                   Agriculture'.
                          Article 2
In the Annex to First Council Decision No 72/292/
EEC (1) of 20 July 1972 on the equivalence of field                                      Article 4
inspections carried out in third countries on seed­
producing crops, under reference No 21 the words                   This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1976.
'Department of Primary Industries' in column 3
shall be replaced by the words 'Department of
Agriculture'.
                                                                                         Article 5
                          Article 3                                This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
In the Annex to Third Council Decision No 74/
348/EEC (2) of 27 June 1974 on the equivalence of
field inspections carried out in third countries on               Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1975 .
                                                                                                        For the Council
                                                                                                         The President
 (») OJ No L 186, 16. 8 . 1972, p. 22.
(*) OJ No L 191 , 15 . 7. 1974, p. 11 .                                                                 M. A. CLINTON
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                                                     ANNEX
           Ref.                                                                                  Special
           No           Country                     Authority                    Species      conditions
             1             2                            3                           4              5
             1        Australia        Department of Agriculture,              Swede          1 , 2, 3 , 4
                                       Canberra                                rape
             2        Hungary          Orsz&gos Vet6magfeliigyel6s6g           Black
                                       (Hungarian Seed Control Office),        mustard        1,2,3,4
                                       Budapest                                Rye            1 , 2, 3 , 4
                                                 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 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.
        3. 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.
        4. 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.