CELEX: 51975PC0170
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Date: 1975-04-22
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A Second Council Decision on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries#PROPOSAL FOR A Fourth Council Decision on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed producing crops#PROPOSAL FOR A Fourth Council Decision on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (submitted o the Council by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION Or THE 2UEGEBAN COMMUMTIES
                                                           COM(75)170 final
                                                           Brussels . 22 April 1975
                                 PROPOSAL FOR A
                Second Council Decision on the equivalence of
                  seed potatoes produced in third countries
                                 PROPOSAL FOR A
               Fourth Council Decision on the equivalence of
             field inspections carried out in third countries on
                              seed producing crops
                                 PROPOSAL FOR A
                        Fourth Council Decision on the
               equivalence of seed produced in third, countries
                ( submitted' to the Council by the Commission)
   COM(75 ) 170 final
 ---pagebreak---                                                         1301/VI/75-E
                              JUSTIFICATION
                   In accordance with the Council Directives on the
marketing of seeds and propagating materials , such materials if
produced in third countries may only circulate within the Community
on condition that the Council has determined that these materials are
equivalent to seeds and propagating materials harvested and certified
or inspected within the Community and complying with the provisions
of these Directives .
                   These measures are essentially intended to put the
production of third countries on the same footing as Community pro­
duction , which is subject to certain quality standards and very strict
official inspection for compliance with these standards , and to exclude
discrimination .
                   At the present time the Council , by means of Decisions ,
has already recognised for a limited period the equivalence of the
certification or inspection systems of most of the third countries
which traditionally supply the Community with seeds and propagating
materials .
                  These proposals are intended , on the one hand , to
complete the equivalences already granted to certain third countries
and , on the other , to renew and complete certain other Decisions
adopted in 1972 and whose validity expires on 30 June 1975-
 ---pagebreak---                       PHOPOSAL FOR A
                          ■L'
Second Council Decision of ... on the equivalence of seed
potatoes produced in third countries
 ---pagebreak--- Second Council Decision of          on the equivalence of seed potatoes
produced in third countries
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to the Council Directive 66/^03/EEC of l*f June 1966 ( l ) on
the marketing of aaod potatcm^ as last amended by the Council Directive
73/^38 of 11 December 1973 ( 2 ) and in particular Article 15 ( l ) thereof
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;
Whereas the Council has declared by its First Decision N° 72/29VEEC of
20 July 1972 ( 3)» that seed potatoes harvested and officially controlled
in Austria and in Switzerland afford the same assurances as seed pota­
toes harvested and controlled within the Community j
Whereas this Decision       only appli e« until 30 June 1975 }
Whereas there are also rules in Poland providing a varietal and qualita­
tive control of seed potatoes ;
Whereas those rules and the manner in which they are applied have been
reviewed ; whereas this review has established that the conditions
governing seed potatoes harvested and controlled in this country as
regards their characters , and the arrangements for their examination ,
for ensuring their identity , for marking and for control afford the
same assurances as seed potatoes harvested and controlled within the
Community j
Whereas , if it becomes apparent that the conditions on which Community
determinations are based are not or are no longer satisfied , those
determinations will be revoked or the period of their validity will not
be extended ;                                      '                        /
(1 ) OJ N° 125 , 11/7/1966 , p. 2320/66
( 2 ) OJ N° L 356 , 27/12/1973 , S. 79
( 3) OJ N° L 186 , 16/8/1972 , S. k3
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas further practical information on seed potatoes produced in the
abovementioned countries should therefore be obtained by growing and
checking samples of such seed in comparative Community tests j
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                Article 1
It is. hereby declared that , where the special conditions laid down
in the Annex to this Decision are satisfied , seed potatoes harvested
in th,e countries and officially controlled by the authorities listed
in the Annex to this Decision and belonging to the categories specified
therein are equivalent to seed potatoes of corresponding categories
harvested within the Community and complying with the Council Directive
of 1^ June 1966 on the marketing of seed potatoes .
                                Article 2
This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1975 to 30 June 1978 .
                                Article 3
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
 ---pagebreak---                                                              ΛΝΝΕΧ
  °4                                                 Catégories
5 de » Country          Service                                              . Spécial
                                           in the Country m the Coramu-    conditions
                                             concerned      nity
      Austria  Burgenlàndische
               Landwirtschaftskammer
               Eisenstadt
               Landwirtschaftskammer
               für Kärnten , Klagen für t
               Niederösterreichische
               Landes-Landwirtschafts-
               kammer , Wien
               Landwirtschaftskammer .       Elite          Basic       1|2 , 3Α·
               für OberÖstereich , Linz                     seed
               0.0 .                                        potatoes
               Landeskammer für Land-       Original        Certified   1,2,3 ,^
               und Forstwirtschaft          - Klasse A      seed
               Steiermark , Graz            - Klasse B      potatoes
               Landeskammer für Tirol ,
               Innsbruck
               Kammer für Land- und
               Forstwirtschaft -in
               Salzburg , Salzburg
               Landwirtschaftskammer
               für Vorarlberg Bregenz
               Wiener Landwirtschafts-
               kammer , Wien
                                          ι
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                                               - 2 -
Or-                                                      Catégories
                                                                                  Spécial
âer   Country                 Service
                                               in the Country       in the       conditions
No
                                               concerned         Coramunity
     Poland       Wo jewAdzkich Inspekota-
                  t<§w Kontroli Materialu
                  Siewnego ( WIKMS ) ( Dis-
                  Inspection Authorities
                  for Seed Control )
                  - Bialystok                   - Super             Basic
                  - Bydgoszcz                     Elite             seed
                  - Gdânsk                                          potatoes
                  - Katowice                    - Elite
                  -  Kielce
                  -  Koszalin                   - Original          Certified
                  -  Krakôw                                         seed
                                                  - Class   A
                  -  Lublin
                                                  - Class   B
                                                                    potatoes
                  -  16 dz
                  - Olstyn
                  - Opole
                  -  Poznân
                  -  Rzessdw
                  -  Szczecin
                  -  Warszawa
                  - Wroclaw
                  - Zielena Géra
    Switzer­         Station federale de          Plants          Certified    1.2 , M
    land             recherches agrono­           certifiés       seed
                     miques , Lausexne            - Class A
                                                                  potatoes
                     Eidgenössische               - Class B
                     Landwirtschaftliche
                     Forschungsanstalt ,
                     Züri ch-Re chenhol z
                                        SPECIAL CONDITIONS
        1 . Seed potatoes shall be officially certified and their containers offi­
             cially sealed and marked in accordance with national provisions . Seed
             potatoes shall meet the requirements of Community rules and conform
             to the European standard for seed potatoes recommended by the Working
             Party on Standardization of Perishable Foodstuffs of the Economic
             Commission for Europe .
         2 . Field inspection shall be carried out by State authorites 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 .
 ---pagebreak--- Any chemical treatment of the seed potatoes shall be noted either
on the official label or on a special label and on the container i
inside it . „ . .
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 Communities .
 ---pagebreak---                      PROPOSAI.. FOR A
Fourth Council Decision of .... on the equivalence of field
inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing
  -                        crops
 ---pagebreak--- Forth Council Decision of         on the equivalence of field inspections
carried out in third countries on seed-f roduci;i ^ crops
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
Having regard to Council Directive N° 66/^0 ^EEC (1 ) of 14 June 1966 , on
the marketing of cereal _se«d.        ., as last amended by Directive
N° 73/^38/EEC , ( 2) eind in particular Article 16 ( l ) ( a) thereof j
Having regard to Council Directive N° 69/208/EEC ( 3) of 30 June 1969 on
the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants , as last amended by
Directive N° 73/^38/EEC , and in particular Article 15 (l ) ( a) thereof f
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 official field inspection to be carried
out during the period of seed production ?
Whereas these rules and the manner in which they are applied have been
reviewed and whereas this review has established that the prescribed
field inspections satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to the
abovementioned Directives 5
Whereas this Decision does not preclude Community determinations being
revoked or extension of the period of their validity being refused ,
when the conditions on which they are based are not or cease to be
satisfied ; whereas , to this end , further practical information on seed
produced in the abovementioned countries should be obtained by growing
and checking samples of such seed in comparative Community tests ;
Whereas a further amendment is necessary owing to a transfer of powers
within a national authority responsible for official seed control ,
                                                                          ./■
(1 ) OJ N° 125 , 11/7/1966 , p. 2309 /66
( 2 ) OJ N° L 356 , 27/12/1973 , P. 79 '
( 3) OJ N° L 169 , 10/7/1969 , p. 3 .
 ---pagebreak--- HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                 Article 1
It is hereby determined that , where the special conditions laid down
in the Annex to this Decision are satisfied , field inspections of
crops producing seed of the " certified seed " category carried out
in the countries and by the authorities listed in the said Annex
and in respect of the species specified therein satisfy the conditions
laid down in Annex I to Directive N° 66/402/EEC or 69/208/EEC .
                                 Article 2
In the Annex to First Council Decision N° 72/292/EEC ( 4) of 20 July
1972 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third
countries on seed-producing crops , under reference number 21 the words
"Department of Primary Industries "                 in column 3  shall
be replaced by the words "Department of Agriculture "i
                                 Article  3
In the Annex to Third Council Decision N° 7V3^8/EEC (5 ) of 27 June
197 ^ on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third
countries on seed-producing crops , under reference number 1 the words
" Department of Primary Industries ",       1     v in column 3t shall
be . replaced by the words " Department of Agriculture ".
                              ■ Article k
This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1976 *
                                Article 5
This Decision is adressed to the Mjonher States .
( 4)0J N° L 186 , 16/8/197 ^, p. 30 ■
( 5 ) OJ N° L 191 , 15/7/197 ^, p. 11
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                                                                                                  1 ~~ 1 1
! R'if .                                                                                                 i
         Country                  Authority                       Species                      Spécial    '
|Ko.                                                        v i           . .•
                                                                                           conditions     :
     1         2                      3                              k               !          ■ 5
     i   Australia       Department of Agriculture      Swede rape                     1|2,3Λ
                         Canberra
     2   Hungary         Orszagos                       Black mustard                  1.2,3,4
                         Vetomagfeliigyeloseg       I
                         (Hungarian Seed Control    j   Rye                        i
                                                                                       1,2,3 ,**
                         Office )                   i
                       | Budapest
                                                                                     '           -
                                            Spécial conditions
           1 . Field inspection shall be carried out in accordance with national
               rules for the application of the scheme for the varietal certifica­
               tion 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 pfivate law ,
                                                                               . V           .
               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 lan­
               guages of the European Communities .
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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 .
 ---pagebreak---                        PROPOS AL FOR A
                  ?  :   . . Г*1 Л 5* *
Fourth Council Decision of •            on the . equivalence of
seed produced in third countries
 ---pagebreak--- Fourth Council Decision of •••••>• on the equivalence of seed produced
in third countries .,
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Econoraic Community
Having regard to Council Directive N° 66/402/EEC (1 ) of lU June 1966 on
the marketing of    -   cereal seed - , as last amended by Directive N°
73/^38/EEC ( 2), and in particular Article 16 (l ) ( b ) thereof ;
Having regard to Council Directive N° 69/20&/EEC of) 3Q-'JHno J$69 , (3) on . <
the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants , as last amended by
Directive N° 73/^38/EEC , and in particular Article 15 (1 ) (b ) thereof }
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission j
Whereas there are rules on seed control in Australir . and in Hungary j
Whereas a review of these rules and the manner in which they are applied
has demonstrated that the conditions governing seed harvested and con­
trolled in these countries afford the same assurances as regards the
seed 's characteristics , identity , examination , marking and control as
do the conditions applicable to seed harvested and controlled within
the Community ;
Whereas , if it becomes apparent that the conditions on which Community
determinations are based are not or are no longer satisfied , this
Decision does not prevent these determinations being revoked or an
extension of the period of their validity beingrefused j whereas for
this purpose further practical information on seed produced in the
abovementioned countries should therefore be obtained by growing and
checking samples of such seed in comparative Community tests j
                                                                          */ •
(1 ) OJ N® 125 , 11/7/1966 , p. 2309/66
( 2) OJ Ne L 356 , 27/12/1973 , p. 79
( 3) OJ N° L 169 , 10/7/1969 , P. 3
 ---pagebreak--- Whereas further amendments are necessary owing to a transfer of powers
within the national authorities responsible for official seed control ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                 Article 1
It is hereby declared that , where the special conditions laid down m
the Annex are satisfied , seed harvested in the countries and officially
controlled by the authorities listed in the said Annex and belonging
to the species and categories specified therein is equivalent to seed
of the corresponding categories harvested within the Community and
complying with Directive N° 66/kC 2/EEC or 69/208/EE.
                                 Article 2
In the Annex to First Council Decision N° 72/293/ EEC ( 4) of 20 July
1972 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries , under
reference number 21 , the words "Department of Primary Industries ",
which appear in column 3 » shall be replaced by the words "Department
of Agriculture ".
                                 Article 3
In the Annex to Third Decision N° 7^/3^9/EEC ( 5 ) of 27 June 197^ on
the equivalence of seed produced in third countries , under reference
number 1 , the words "Department of Priasry Industries " shall be replaced
by the words "Department of Agriculture ".
                                 Article k
This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1976 .
                                                                       /
( 4) OJ N° L 186 , 16/8/1972 , p. 30
(5 ) OJ N° L 191 , 15/7/197^, p. 17
 ---pagebreak---                                  - > -
                               Artide 5
This decision is adressed to th® &on»er' States *
 ---pagebreak---                                                                ANNEX
  Country           Authonty       Speçies             Categories
                                              in the Coun-    in the Commu-   Spécial
                                                 . try            nity     •  conditions
Australia        Department    Swede rape ..*   Basic sëèd    - Basic seed   1,2,3,^,5,6 ,
                 of Agricul­
                 ture
                                              - Certified     - Certified    1,2,3,^*5,6
                                                seed .          seed
                 Canberra
Hungary          Orszàgos    ( Black raustard - Basic seed    - Basic seed   1 , 2,3,^,5,6
                 Vetomagfe-  (
                 liigyloség  (
                                              - Certified     - Certified    1,2,3,^,5,6
                                                seed            seed
                 ( Hungarian C
                 Seed Con~
                               Eye            - Basic Seed    » Basic Seed   1,2,3,^,5,6
                 trol Office )                » Certified     - Certified    1,2,3,^,5,6
                 Budapest                       Seed            Seed
                                      Spécial conditions
   1 . Seed shall be officially certified and its packages officially sealed
       and marked in accordance with the scheme for the varietal certifica­
       tion of seed moving in international trade of the Organization for
       Economic Cooperation and Development ( OECD) .      The quality of the
       seed shall meet the requirements of Community rules .
   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 « The official label shall give the following additional information :
       ( a) date of officiai sealing .
       ( b ) a statement that the
       This information may          appear on another official label which , In s
       addition , shall give k&e name of the authority and of the country#
   k . Any chemical treatments of the seed shall be noted either on the
       official label or on a special label and on the package or inside it »
 ---pagebreak--- 5 * An official notice placed inside .. the . package shall give at least the
    reference number of the lot t the species and the variety , .
    This notice is not necessary if the minimum information is printed
    indelibly on the package .
6 . All information' required for official labels , official notices and
    packages shall be given in at least one of the official languages
    of the European Communities .