CELEX: 31975D0370
Language: en
Date: 1975-06-24 00:00:00
Title: Second Council Decision of 24 June 1975 on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries

27 . 6 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 164/43
                                                              II
                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                      COUNCIL
                                             SECOND COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 24 June 1975
                        on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries
                                                        (75/370/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       apparent that the conditions on which such findings
COMMUNITIES,                                                      are based are not or are no longer satisfied ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas therefore further practical information on
Economic Community ;                                              seed potatoes produced in the abovementioned coun­
Having      regard      to    Council       Directive    No       tries should be obtained by growing and checking
66/403/EEC (') of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of                samples of such seed within the framework of compar­
seed potatoes, as last amended by Directive No                    ative Community tests,
73/438/EEC (2) and in particular Article 15 ( 1 )
thereof ;                                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the proposal from .the Commission ;
                                                                                          Article 1
Whereas the Council has declared by its First Deci­
sion No 72/294/EEC (3), that seed potatoes harvested              It is hereby declared that, where the special conditions
and officially controlled in Austria and in Switzerland           laid down in the Annex to this Decision are satisfied,
afford the same assurances as seed potatoes harvested             the seed potatoes which are harvested in the countries
and controlled within the Community ;                             specified in the Annex and officially controlled by the
Whereas that Decision applies only until 30 June                  authorities listed in that Annex and which belong to
1975 ; whereas, however, the equivalence should be                the categories specified therein are equivalent to seed
retained for a further three years since it has become            potatoes of corresponding categories harvested within
apparent that the conditions on which the Commu­                  the Community and comply with Directive No
nity findings were based at the outset are still fulfil­          66/403 / EEC .
led ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas there are also rules in Poland providing a
varietal and qualitative control of seed potatoes ;               This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1975 to 30
whereas examination of those rules and the manner in              June 1978 .
which they are applied has revealed that the condi­
tions governing seed potatoes harvested and                                               Article 3
controlled in that country as regards their characters,           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
and the measures taken for their examination , for
ensuring their identity, for marking and for control
afford the same assurances as the conditions and                  Done at Luxembourg, 24 June 1975.
measures applicable to seed potatoes harvested and
controlled within the Community ;                                                              For the Council
Whereas, this Decision does not prevent Community                                               The President
findings from being revoked nor the period of their
validity from not being extended if it becomes                                                 M. A. CLINTON
(!) OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p. 2320/66 .
(2) OJ No L 356, 27 . 12. 1973 , p . 79 .
(3) OJ No L 186, 16. 8 . 1972, p. 43 .
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                                                   ANNEX
                                                                                          Categories
   Order                                                                                                         Special
    No          Country                   Service                            In the country            In the  conditions
                                                                                concerned            Community
      1            2                         3                                      4
                                                                                                5                  6
                                                                         | l
                                                                                              !
     1      Austria     — Burgenländische Landwirtschafts­                                    i
                           kammer, Eisenstadt
                        — Landwirtschaftskammer fur
                           Kärnten, Klagenfurt
                        — Niederosterreichische Landes-­
                           Landwirtschaftskammer , Wien
                        — Landwirtschaftskammer für Ober­                   Elite                Basic          1,2,3,4
                          osterreich, Linz/O.Ö .                            Original             seed
                                                                                                 potatoes
                        — Landeskammer fur Land- und Forst- \
                          wirtschaft Steiermark, Graz
                                                                           — Klasse A            Certified      1,2,3,4
                        — Landeskammer fur Tirol, Innsbruck                — Klasse B            seed
                        — Kammer fur Land- und Forstwirt­                                        potatoes
                          schaft in Salzburg, Salzburg
                        — Landwirtschaftskammer      fur   Vorarl­
                          berg, Bregenz
                        — "Wiener Landwirtschaftskammer,               '
                          Wien
                                                                     i
    2       Poland      — Wojewódzkich Inspektoratów
                          Kontroli Materialu Siewnego
                          ( WIKMS) (District Inspection
                          Authorities for Seed Control ) :
                          — Bialystok                                  I
                          — Bydgoszcz                                Ii
                          — Gdansk                                  I
                          — Katowice                                |
                          —   Kielce
                          — Koszalin
                                                                    [    I
                                                                                                 Basic seed
                                                                           — Super                              1,2,3,4
                          — Krakow                                              Elite            potatoes
                          — Lublin                                         — Elite
                          — Lodz
                          — Olsztyn
                          — Opole                                          — Original            Certified      1,2,3,4
                          — Poznàn                                             — Class A         seed
                          — Rzessòw                                            — Class B         potatoes
                          — Szczecin
                          — Warszawa                                   j
                          — Wroclaw
                          — Zielona Gora                            j
                        — Station federale de recherches agro- \           Plants                Certified      1,2,3,4
    3       Switzerland
                          nomiques, Lausanne                       r       certifies             seed
                                                                                                 potatoes
                        — Eidgenossische Landwirtschaftliche       V       — Class A
                          Forschungsanstalt, Zurich                )       — Class B
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                                                       Special conditions
          1 . Seed potatoes shall be officially certified and their containers officially marked and sealed in accor­
              dance with national provisions. Seed potatoes and the details on the label shall meet at least the
              requirements of Community rules and conform to the European standard for seed potatoes recom­
              mended by the Working Party on Standardization of Perishable Foodstuffs of the Economic
              Commission for Europe.
          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 repsonsibility of such authorities, provided that such
              person derives no private gain from the result of the inspection.
          3. Any chemical treatment of the seed potatoes shall be noted either on the official label or on a
              special label and on the container or inside it.
          4 . The colour of the label shall be :
              — white for basic seed potatoes ;
              — blue for certified seed potatoes.
              All information shall be given in at least one of the official languages of the European Communi­
              ties .