CELEX: 31991D0457
Language: en
Date: 1991-08-06 00:00:00
Title: 91/457/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 August 1991 amending Decision 90/525/EEC authorizing member states to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproducive material not satisfying the requirements of council directive 66/404/EEC

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31991D0457

91/457/EEC: Commission Decision of 6 August 1991 amending Decision 90/525/EEC authorizing member states to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproducive material not satisfying the requirements of council directive 66/404/EEC  

Official Journal L 243 , 31/08/1991 P. 0082 - 0082

COMMISSION DECISION    of 6 August 1991   amending Decision 90/525/EEC authorizing Member States to permit temporarily  the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive  66/404/EEC   (91/457/EEC)THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest  reproductive material  (1), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC  (2), and in particular Article  15 thereof,  Whereas Commission Decision 90/525/EEC  (3), as last amended by Decision 91/172/EEC  (4),  authorizes Member States to permit the marketing of certain forest reproductive materials not  satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/404/EEC in their territory for a period expiring, as  far as first marketing is concerned, on 30 November 1991 and, in the other cases, on 31 December  1993;  Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has requested authorization to permit in the same periods  the marketing in its territory of seedlings of Quercus sessiliflora Sal., Fagus silvatica L. and of  Picea abies Karst., produced in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic from seed  satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance;  Whereas, for genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin  within the natural range of the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees should be  given to ensure the identify of the material;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the  Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 The following Article is introduced after  Article 1b of Decision 90/525/EEC:  'Article 1c   The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized, on condition that the proof specified in  Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of provenance of the seed, to permit the marketing  in its territory of seedlings of Quercus sessiliflora Sal., Fagus silvatica L. and Picea abies  Karst., produced from seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance, under  the following conditions:  (a)  the seedlings of Quercus sessiliflora Sal., the number of which does not exceed 1  000  000,  must come from stands in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic;  (b)  the seedlings of Fagus silvatica L., the number of which does not exceed 250  000, must come  from stands in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic or of Czechoslovakia;  (c)  the seedlings of Picea abies Karst., the number of which does not exceed 500  000, must come  from stands in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic or of Czechoslovakia.  These authorizations, in so far as they concern the first marketing, shall expire on 30 November  1991 and, in so far they do not concern the first marketing, shall expire on 31 December 1993.`  Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 6  August 1991. For the Commission   Ray MAC SHARRY   Member of the Commission