CELEX: 32005D0942
Language: en
Date: 2005-12-21 00:00:00
Title: 2005/942/EC: Commission Decision of  21 December 2005  authorising Member States to take decisions under Council Directive 1999/105/EC on assurances afforded in respect of forest reproductive material produced in third countries  (notified under document number C(2005) 5485)

24.12.2005   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 342/92
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 21 December 2005
   authorising Member States to take decisions under Council Directive 1999/105/EC on assurances afforded in respect of forest reproductive material produced in third countries
   (notified under document number C(2005) 5485)
   (2005/942/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
   Having regard to the Council Directive 1999/105/EC of 22 December 1999 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (1), and in particular Article 19(3) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Pursuant to Article 19(1) of Directive 1999/105/EC, the Council on a proposal from the Commission is to determine whether forest reproductive material produced in a third country affords the same assurances as regards the approval of its basic material and the measures taken for its production with a view to marketing as does forest reproductive material produced within the Community and complying with the provisions of that Directive.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The information presently available on the conditions applying in third countries is, however, still not sufficient to enable the Community to make any such decision in respect of any third country.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               In order to prevent trade patterns from being disrupted, Member States should, therefore, be authorised to take such decisions in respect of specific material imported from particular countries. The Commission’s analysis shows that this material offers equivalent guarantees to those applicable to forest reproductive material produced in the Community in accordance with Directive 1999/105/EC.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               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
   Member States are authorised to decide in respect of the third countries listed in the Annex, and in respect of the species, categories and types of basic material set out therein whether forest reproductive material produced in those countries affords the same assurances as regards the approval to its basic material and the measures taken for its production with a view to marketing as does forest reproductive material produced within the Community and complying with the provisions of Directive 1999/105/EC.
   Forest reproductive material imported from those third countries shall be accompanied by a master certificate or an official certificate issued by the country of origin and records which shall contain details of all consignments to be exported, to be provided by the supplier in the third country.
   Article 2
   Member States shall immediately notify the Commission and other Member States of any decisions taken pursuant to this Decision, and of any withdrawal of such decisions.
   Article 3
   The authorisation provided for in Article 1 shall apply from 1 January 2006 and shall expire 31 December 2008.
   Article 4
   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
   
      Done at Brussels, 21 December 2005.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Markos KYPRIANOU
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 11, 15.1.2000, p. 17.
   
      ANNEX
      
                  Country of origin
               
               
                  Species
               
               
                  Category
               
               
                  Type of basic material
               
            
                  Belarus
               
               
                  
                     Picea abies Karst.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  Canada
                  (British Columbia)
               
               
                  
                     Abies grandis Lindl.
               
               
                  SI, Q, T
               
               
                  SS, St, SO, PF
               
            
                  
                     Picea sitchensis Carr.
               
               
                  SI, Q
               
               
                  SS, St, SO
               
            
                  
                     Pinus contorta Loud.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco
               
               
                  SI, Q, T
               
               
                  SS, St, SO, PF
               
            
                  Croatia
                  (I-1. Podravina, Podunavlje, I-2. Posavina)
               
               
                  
                     Quercus robur L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  Norway
               
               
                  
                     Picea abies Karst
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Pinus sylvestris L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Quercus petraea Liebl.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Quercus robur L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  Romania
               
               
                  
                     Abies alba Mill.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Acer platanoides L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Fagus sylvatica L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Larix decidua Mill.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Picea abies Karst.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Pinus nigra Arnold
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Prunus avium L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Quercus cerris L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Quercus petraea Liebl.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Quercus robur L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Quercus rubra L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Robinia pseudoacacia L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  Switzerland
               
               
                  
                     Fagus sylvatica L.
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  Turkey
               
               
                  
                     Cedrus libani A. Richard
               
               
                  SI, SE
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Pinus brutia Ten.
               
               
                  SI, SE
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  United States of America
                  (Washington, Oregon, California)
               
               
                  
                     Abies grandis Lindl.
               
               
                  SI, Q, T
               
               
                  SS, St, SO, PF
               
            
                  
                     Picea sitchensis Carr
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Pinus contorta Loud
               
               
                  SI
               
               
                  SS, St
               
            
                  
                     Pseudotsuga menziesii Franco
               
               
                  SI, Q, T
               
               
                  SS, St, SO, PF
               
            
                  Legend:
                  
                              Category
                           
                           
                              Type of basic material
                           
                        
                              
                                          SI
                                       
                                       
                                          Source identified
                                       
                                    
                                          SE
                                       
                                       
                                          Selected
                                       
                                    
                                          Q
                                       
                                       
                                          Qualified
                                       
                                    
                                          T
                                       
                                       
                                          Tested
                                       
                                    
                           
                              
                                          SS
                                       
                                       
                                          Seed source
                                       
                                    
                                          St
                                       
                                       
                                          Stand
                                       
                                    
                                          SO
                                       
                                       
                                          Seed orchard
                                       
                                    
                                          PF
                                       
                                       
                                          Parents of family