CELEX: 32010D0724
Language: en
Date: 2010-11-26 00:00:00
Title: 2010/724/EU: Commission Decision of 26 November 2010 on the position of the European Union on the amendment to Annex 6 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products

27.11.2010   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 312/31
            
         COMMISSION DECISION
   of 26 November 2010
   on the position of the European Union on the amendment to Annex 6 to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products
   (2010/724/EU)
   THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
   Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
   Having regard to Decision 2002/309/EC, Euratom of the Council and of the Commission as regards the Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, of 4 April 2002 on the conclusion of seven agreements with the Swiss Confederation (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               The Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products (2) (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Agriculture Agreement’) entered into force on 1 June 2002.
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               Article 6 of the Agriculture Agreement sets up a Joint Committee on Agriculture responsible for administering the Agriculture Agreement and ensuring that it operates smoothly.
            
         
               (3)
            
            
               Article 11 of the Agriculture Agreement allows the Joint Committee to amend the Annexes and Appendices to the Annexes to the Agreement by means of a decision.
            
         
               (4)
            
            
               The Joint Committee has recently decided to amend Articles 2 and 3 and Appendices 1, 2, 3 and 4 to Annex 6 of the Agriculture Agreement.
            
         
               (5)
            
            
               Article 5(2) of Decision 2002/309/EC provides that in adopting the Union position on a decision of the Joint Committee to amend Annex 6 of the Agricultural Agreement, the Commission shall follow the procedure laid down in Articles 4 and 7 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC (3). It is to be assisted by the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry set up by Article 1 of Council Decision 66/399/EEC (4).
            
         
               (6)
            
            
               The position of the European Union to be taken by the Commission in the Joint Committee on Agriculture regarding the amendments to Annex 6 of the Agriculture Agreement must be defined by this Decision.
            
         
               (7)
            
            
               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 DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The position of the European Union to be adopted by the Commission in the Joint Committee on Agriculture set up by Article 6 of the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture annexed to this Decision.
   Article 2
   The decision of the Joint Committee on Agriculture shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union after adoption.
   
      Done at Brussels, 26 November 2010.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         
            The President
         
         José Manuel BARROSO
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ L 114, 30.4.2002, p. 132.
   
      (3)  OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23.
   
      (4)  OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2289/66.
   
      ANNEX
      
         Proposal for
         DECISION No …/2010 OF THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE SET UP BY THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE SWISS CONFEDERATION ON TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
         of …
         concerning the amendments to Annex 6
         (…/…/…)
         THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
         Having regard to the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on trade in agricultural products, and in particular Article 11 thereof,
         Whereas:
         
                     (1)
                  
                  
                     The Agreement entered into force on 1 June 2002.
                  
               
                     (2)
                  
                  
                     Annex 6 concerns seeds and propagating material of agricultural, vegetable, fruit and ornamental plant species and of vines. The said Annex 6 is supplemented by four appendices.
                  
               
                     (3)
                  
                  
                     The appendices to Annex 6 were replaced for the first time by Decision No 4/2004 of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, attached to Commission Decision 2004/660/EC (1).
                  
               
                     (4)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 1, section 1, defines the legislation of both parties and recognises that the requirements laid down in those legislations have the same effects.
                  
               
                     (5)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 2 lists seed inspection and certification bodies of the Parties.
                  
               
                     (6)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 3 lists the derogations authorised by the European Union and by Switzerland.
                  
               
                     (7)
                  
                  
                     Appendix 4 lists the third countries recognised by both parties from which the seed may be imported. Furthermore it defines the species concerned and the scope of recognition.
                  
               
                     (8)
                  
                  
                     The Parties have considered that a simplification of Appendix 2 listing the bodies mentioned in Article 2(3) and Article 3(1) had to be achieved.
                  
               
                     (9)
                  
                  
                     The Parties have considered that their respective legislative provisions on vine propagating material are achieving the same effects.
                  
               
                     (10)
                  
                  
                     The Parties have committed themselves to ensure that the border checks for the seeds of the species for which the Parties have recognised the conformity of their legislation, listed in Appendix 1, section 1, are to be abolished.
                  
               
                     (11)
                  
                  
                     Since the entry into force on 1 July 2004, of the above Decision No 4, the legislative provisions of the Parties listed in Appendices 1, 3 and 4 have been amended in areas which affect the Agreement.
                  
               
                     (12)
                  
                  
                     Following the enlargement of the European Union, the lists of third countries recognised by both parties must be amended.
                  
               
                     (13)
                  
                  
                     Articles 2 and 3 and Appendices 1, 2, 3 and 4 to Annex 6 should therefore be amended to take into account these various changes,
                  
               HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
         Article 1
         Article 2(3) is replaced by the following:
         
            ‘3.   The national authorities responsible for the implementation of the legislation shall be listed in Appendix 2. A list of the bodies responsible for conformity checks, as regularly updated, can be obtained from the Authorities listed in Appendix 2.’
         
         Article 2
         Article 3(1) is replaced by the following:
         
            ‘1.   Each Party shall recognise, as regards seeds of the species covered by the legislation listed in section 2 of Appendix 1, certificates as defined in paragraph 2 that have been drawn up in accordance with the legislation of the other by the bodies mentioned in Article 2(3).’
         
         Article 3
         The Appendices to Annex 6 to the Agreement are hereby replaced by the texts of Appendices annexed to this Decision.
         Article 4
         This Decision shall enter into force on 1 January 2011.
         
            Done at Brussels, …
            
               
                  For the Joint Committee on Agriculture
               
               
                  The President and Head of the Delegation of the European Union
               
               Paul VAN GELDORP
               
                  The Head of the Swiss Delegation
               
               Jacques CHAVAZ
               
                  The Secretary of the Committee
               
               Malgorzata SLIWINSKA-KLENNER
            
         
      
      
         Appendix 1
         
            LEGISLATION
             (2)
         
         
            Section 1 (recognition of the conformity of legislation)
         
         A.   PROVISIONS OF THE UNION
         1.   Legislative acts
         
         Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66).
         Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (OJ 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66).
         Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (OJ L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15).
         Council Directive 2002/53/EC of 13 June 2002 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 1).
         Council Directive 2002/54/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of beet seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 12).
         Council Directive 2002/56/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed potatoes (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 60).
         Council Directive 2002/57/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 74).
         2.   Non-legislative acts
         
         Commission Decision 80/755/EEC of 17 July 1980 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of cereal seed (OJ L 207, 9.8.1980, p. 37).
         Commission Decision 81/675/EEC of 28 July 1981 establishing that particular sealing systems are ‘non-reusable systems’ within the meaning of Council Directives 66/400/EEC, 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 69/208/EEC and 70/458/EEC (OJ L 246, 29.8.1981, p. 26).
         Commission Directive 93/17/EEC of 30 March 1993 determining Community grades of basic seed potatoes, together with the conditions and designations applicable to such grades (OJ L 106, 30.4.1993, p. 7).
         Commission Decision 97/125/EC of 24 January 1997 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of oil and fibre plants and amending Decision 87/309/EEC authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of certain fodder plant species (OJ L 48, 19.2.1997, p. 35).
         Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10).
         Commission Directive 2003/90/EC of 6 October 2003 setting out implementing measures for the purposes of Article 7 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC as regards the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by the examination and the minimum conditions for examining certain varieties of agricultural plant species (OJ L 254, 8.10.2003, p. 7).
         Commission Decision 2004/266/EC of 17 March 2004 authorising the indelible printing of prescribed information on packages of seed of fodder plants (OJ L 83, 20.3.2004, p. 23).
         Commission Directive 2004/29/EC of 4 March 2004 on determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vine varieties (OJ L 71, 10.3.2004, p. 22).
         Commission Decision 2004/842/EC of 1 December 2004 concerning implementing rules whereby Member States may authorise the placing on the market of seed belonging to varieties for which an application for entry in the national catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or vegetable species has been submitted (OJ L 362, 9.12.2004, p. 21).
         Council Decision 2005/834/EC of 8 November 2005 on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries and amending Decision 2003/17/EC (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 51).
         Commission Directive 2006/47/EC of 23 May 2006 laying down special conditions concerning the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed (OJ L 136, 24.5.2006, p. 18).
         Commission Directive 2008/124/EC of 18 December 2008 limiting the marketing of seed of certain species of fodder plants and oil and fibre plants to seed which has been officially certified as basic seed or certified seed (OJ L 340, 19.12.2008, p. 73).
         Commission Regulation (EC) No 637/2009 of 22 July 2009 establishing implementing rules as to the suitability of the denominations of varieties of agricultural plant species and vegetable species (OJ L 191, 23.7.2009, p. 10).
         B.   SWISS PROVISIONS (3)
         
         Federal Law of 29 April 1998 on agriculture (RS 910.1).
         Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on the production and entry into free circulation of plant propagating material (RS 916.151).
         DFE Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on seeds and seedlings of species of arable crops and fodder plants (RS 916.151.1).
         OFAG Ordinance of 7 December 1998 on the catalogue of varieties of cereals, potatoes, fodder plants, oil and fibre plants and beet (RS 916.151.6).
         DFE Ordinance of 2 November 2006 on the production and entry into free circulation of vine propagating material (RS 916.151.3).
         
            Section 2 (mutual recognition of certificates)
         
         A.   PROVISIONS OF THE UNION
         1.   Legislative acts
         —
         2.   Non-legislative acts
         —
         B.   SWISS PROVISIONS
         —
         C.   CERTIFICATES REQUIRED FOR IMPORTS
         —
      
      
         Appendix 2
         
            AUTHORITIES MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 2 PARAGRAPH 3
         
         A.   EUROPEAN UNION
         
            BELGIUM
         
         
                     Bureau de Coordination Agricole/Landbouwbureau
                  
               
                     BCA/LB
                  
               
                     Rue du Progrès 50/Vooruitgangstraat 50
                  
               
                     City Atrium, 6ème étage/6de verdieping
                  
               
                     1210 BRUXELLES/BRUSSEL
                  
               
                     e-mail: BCA-LB-COORD@spw.wallonie.be
                  
               
            BULGARIA
         
         
                     Executive Agency of Variety Testing,
                  
               
                     Field Inspection and Seed Control
                  
               
                     125, Tzarigradsko Shosse Blvd.
                  
               
                     1113 Sofia
                  
               
                     BULGARIA
                  
               
                     Tel. + 359 2 870 03 75
                  
               
                     Fax + 359 2 870 65 17
                  
               
                     e-mail: iasas@iasas.government.bg
                  
               
            CZECH REPUBLIC
         
         
                     Central Institute for Supervising and Testing in Agriculture (Ústřední kontrolní a zkušební ústav zemědělský)
                  
               
                     Division of Seed Materials and Planting Stock (Odbor osiv a sadby)
                  
               
                     Za Opravnou 4
                  
               
                     CZ-150 06 Praha 5 – Motol
                  
               
            DENMARK
         
         
                     Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries
                  
               
                     Plant Directorate
                  
               
                     Skovbrynet 20
                  
               
                     DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
                  
               
                     Tel. + 45 45 26 36 00
                  
               
                     Fax + 45 45 26 36 10
                  
               
                     e-mail: meb@pdir.dk
                  
               
            GERMANY
         
         
                     Bundessortenamt
                  
               
                     Osterfelddamm 80
                  
               
                     30627 Hannover
                  
               
                     Tel. + 49511-9566-50
                  
               
                     Fax + 49511 9566-9600
                  
               
                     e-mail: BSA@bundessortenamt.de
                  
               
            ESTONIA
         
         
                     Agricultural Board
                  
               
                     Teaduse 2
                  
               
                     Saku 75501 Harju county
                  
               
                     ESTONIA
                  
               
                     General fax + 372 6712 604
                  
               
            GREECE
         
         
                     Ministry of Rural Development and Food
                  
               
                     Directorate of Plant Production Inputs
                  
               
                     6, Kapnokoptiriou Str
                  
               
                     Athens 10433
                  
               
                     Greece
                  
               
                     Tel. + 302102124199,
                  
               
                     Fax + 302102124137
                  
               
                     e-mail: ax2u017@minagric.gr
                  
               
            SPAIN
         
         
                     Oficina Española de Variedades Vegetales
                  
               
                     Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino
                  
               
                     c/Alfonso XII, 62
                  
               
                     28014 Madrid
                  
               
                     Tel. + 34913476659
                  
               
                     Fax + 34913476703
                  
               
            FRANCE
         
         
                     GNIS-Service Officiel de Contrôle et de Certification
                  
               
                     44, rue du Louvre
                  
               
                     F – 75001 PARIS
                  
               
                     Tél: + 33 (0) 1 42 33 76 93
                  
               
                     Fax + 33 (0) 1 40 28 40 16
                  
               
            IRELAND
         
         
                     Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
                  
               
                     Seed Certification Division
                  
               
                     Backweston Farm
                  
               
                     Leixlip
                  
               
                     Co. Kildare
                  
               
                     Republic of Ireland
                  
               
                     Tel. + 353 1 6302900
                  
               
                     Fax + 353 1 6280634
                  
               
            ITALY
         
         
                     Ente Nazionale Sementi Elette (ENSE),
                  
               
                     Via Ugo Bassi
                  
               
                     N. 8 20159 MILAN
                  
               
                     ITALY
                  
               
                     e-mail: aff-gen@ense.it
                  
               
            CYPRUS
         
         
                     Ministry of Agriculture
                  
               
                     Natural Resources and Environment,
                  
               
                     Department of Agriculture
                  
               
                     E-mail address: doagrg@da.moa.gov.cy
                  
               
                     Tel. 00357 22 466249
                  
               
                     Fax 00357 22 343419
                  
               
            LATVIA
         
         
                     State Plant Protection Service
                  
               
                     Seed Control Department
                  
               
                     Lielvardes street 36/38
                  
               
                     Riga, LV – 1006
                  
               
                     Tel. + 371-67113262
                  
               
                     Fax + 371-67113085
                  
               
                     e-mail: info@vaad.gov.lv
                  
               
            LITHUANIA
         
         
                     Ministry of Agriculture
                  
               
                     State Seed and Grain Service
                  
               
                     Ozo 4A,
                  
               
                     LT-08200 Vilnius
                  
               
                     Tel./fax (+ 370 5) 2375631
                  
               
            LUXEMBOURG
         
         
                     Ministère de l’Agriculture
                  
               
                     Administration des Services Techniques de l’Agriculture
                  
               
                     Service de la Production Végétale
                  
               
                     BP 1904
                  
               
                     L-1019 Luxembourg
                  
               
                     Tel. + 352-457172-234
                  
               
                     Fax + 352-457172-341
                  
               
            HUNGARY
         
         
                     Central Agricultural Office
                  
               
                     Directorate of Plant Production and Horticulture
                  
               
                     1024 Budapest
                  
               
                     Keleti Károly u. 24.
                  
               
                     HUNGARY
                  
               
                     Tel. + 36 06 1 336 9114
                  
               
                     Fax + 36 06 1 336 9011
                  
               
            MALTA
         
         
                     Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs
                  
               
                     Plant Health Department
                  
               
                     Seeds and other Propagation Material Unit
                  
               
                     National Research and Development Centre
                  
               
                     Għammieri, Marsa MRS 3300
                  
               
                     MALTA
                  
               
                     Tel. + 356 25904153
                  
               
                     Fax + 356 25904120.
                  
               
                     e-mail: spmu.mrra@gov.mt
                  
               
            NETHERLANDS
         
         
                     Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality
                  
               
                     postbox 20401
                  
               
                     2500 EK The Hague Netherlands
                  
               
                     Tel. + 31 70 3785776
                  
               
                     Fax + 31 70 3786156
                  
               
            AUSTRIA
         
         
                     Federal Office for Food Safety (Bundesamt für Ernährungssicherheit),
                  
               
                     Seed Certification Department
                  
               
                     Spargelfeldstraße 191
                  
               
                     A-1220 Vienna
                  
               
                     Tel. + 43 50555 31121
                  
               
                     Fax + 43 50555 34808
                  
               
                     e-mail: saatgut@baes.gv.at
                  
               
            POLAND
         
         
                     Plant Health and Seed Inspection Service
                  
               
                     General Inspectorate
                  
               
                     Al. Jana Pawła II 11, 00-828 Warszawa
                  
               
                     Tel. 22 652-92-90, 22 620-28-24, 22 620-28-25
                  
               
                     Fax 22 654-52-21
                  
               
                     e-mail: gi@piorin.gov.pl
                  
               
            PORTUGAL
         
         
                     Direcção-Geral de Agricultura e Desenvolvimento Rural
                  
               
                     Direcção de Serviços de Fitossanidade e de Materiais de Propagação de Plantas
                  
               
                     Edifício 1, Tapada da Ajuda
                  
               
                     1349-018 Lisboa
                  
               
                     Phone: + 351 21 361 20 00
                  
               
                     Fax + 351 21 361 32 77/22
                  
               
            ROMANIA
         
         
                     National Inspection for Quality of Seeds
                  
               
                     Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
                  
               
                     24 Blvd. Carol I, 70044 Bucharest
                  
               
                     Romania
                  
               
                     Tel. + 40 21 3078663
                  
               
                     Fax + 40 21 3078663
                  
               
                     E-mail: incs@madr.ro
                  
               
            SLOVENIA
         
         
                     Ministry for Agriculture,
                  
               
                     Forestry and Food
                  
               
                     Phytosanitary Administration of the Republic of Slovenia
                  
               
                     Einspielerjeva 6
                  
               
                     1000 Ljubljana
                  
               
            SLOVAK REPUBLIC
         
         
                     Seed inspection and certification body of the Slovak Republic
                  
               
                     Ústredný kontrolný a skúšobný ústav poľnohospodársky v Bratislave (UKSUP),
                  
               
                     odbor osív a sadív
                  
               
                     Central Controlling and Testing Institute in Agriculture in Braislava,
                  
               
                     Department of Seeds and Planting Materials
                  
               
                     Matúškova 21
                  
               
                     833 16 Bratislava
                  
               
                     Slovenská Republika
                  
               
                     Tel. + 421259880255
                  
               
            FINLAND
         
         
                     Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
                  
               
                     Department of Food and Health
                  
               
                     PO Box 30
                  
               
                     FI – 00023 GOVERNMENT
                  
               
                     FINLAND
                  
               
                     Tel. + 358-9-16001
                  
               
                     Fax + 358-9-1605 3338
                  
               
                     e-mail: elo.kirjaamo@mmm.fi
                  
               
            SWEDEN
         
         
                     Swedish Board of Agriculture (Jordbruksverket)
                  
               
                     Seed Division
                  
               
                     Box 83
                  
               
                     SE-268 22 Svalöv
                  
               
                     SWEDEN
                  
               
                     Fax + 46 – (0)36 – 15 83 08
                  
               
                     e-mail: utsadeskontroll@jordbruksverket.se
                  
               
            UNITED KINGDOM
         
         
                     Food and Environment Research Agency
                  
               
                     Seed Certification Team
                  
               
                     Whitehouse Lane, Huntingdon Road
                  
               
                     Cambridge CB3 0LF
                  
               
                     Tel. + 44(0)1223 342379
                  
               
                     Fax + 44(0)1223 342386
                  
               
                     e-mail: seed.cert@fera.gsi.gov.uk
                  
               B.   SWITZERLAND
         
                     Federal Office for Agriculture FOAG
                  
               
                     Certification, Plant Health and Variety Rights Service
                  
               
                     CH – 3003 Bern
                  
               
                     Tel. (41) 31 322 25 50
                  
               
                     Fax (41) 31 322 26 34
                  
               
      
         Appendix 3
         
            DEROGATIONS
         
         
            Derogations of the European Union allowed by Switzerland
             (4)
         
         
                     (a)
                  
                  
                     dispensing certain Member States from the obligation to apply Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC on the marketing of fodder plant, cereal, vine, beet and oil and fibre plant seed to certain species:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 69/270/EEC (OJ L 220, 1.9.1969, p. 8),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 69/271/EEC (OJ L 220, 1.9.1969, p. 9),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 69/272/EEC (OJ L 220, 1.9.1969, p. 10),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 70/47/EEC (OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 26),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 70/48/EEC (OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 27),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 70/49/EEC (OJ L 13, 19.1.1970, p. 28),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 70/93/EEC (OJ L 25, 2.2.1970, p. 16),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 70/94/EEC (OJ L 25, 2.2.1970, p. 17),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 70/481/EEC (OJ L 237, 28.10.1970, p. 29),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 73/123/EEC (OJ L 145, 2.6.1973, p. 43),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/5/EEC (OJ L 12, 15.1.1974, p. 13),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/360/EEC (OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 18),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/361/EEC (OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 19),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/362/EEC (OJ L 196, 19.7.1974, p. 20),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/491/EEC (OJ L 267, 3.10.1974, p. 18),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/532/EEC (OJ L 299, 7.11.1974, p. 14),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 80/301/EEC (OJ L 68, 14.3.1980, p. 30),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 80/512/EEC (OJ L 126, 21.5.1980, p. 15),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 86/153/EEC (OJ L 115, 3.5.1986, p. 26),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 89/101/EEC (OJ L 38, 10.2.1989, p. 37),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2005/325/EC (OJ L 109, 29.4.2005, p. 1),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2005/886/EC (OJ L 326, 13.12.2005, p. 39),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2005/931/EC (OJ L 340, 23.12.2005, p. 67),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2008/462/EC (OJ L 160, 19.6.2008, p. 33),
                              
                           
               
                     (b)
                  
                  
                     authorising certain Member States to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties (cf. Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species, 28th complete edition, column 4 (OJ C 302 A, 12.12.2009, p. 1);
                  
               
                     (c)
                  
                  
                     authorising certain Member States to adopt more stringent provisions concerning the presence of Avena fatua in cereal seed:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/269/EEC (OJ L 141, 24.5.1974, p. 20),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 74/531/EEC (OJ L 299, 7.11.1974, p. 13),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 95/75/EC (OJ L 60, 18.3.1995, p. 30),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 96/334/EC (OJ L 127, 25.5.1996, p. 39),
                              
                           
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2005/200/EC (OJ L 70, 16.3.2005, p. 19),
                              
                           
               
                     (d)
                  
                  
                     authorising, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 2002/56/EC:
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2004/3/EC (OJ L 2, 6.1.2004, p. 47),
                              
                           
               
                     (e)
                  
                  
                     authorisation to assess the satisfaction of the varietal purity standards for seed of apomictic uniclonal varieties of Poa pratensis also on the basis of the results of seed and seedling testing
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 85/370/EEC (OJ L 209, 6.8.1985, p. 41),
                              
                           
               
                     (f)
                  
                  
                     authorisation to release the United Kingdom from certain obligations to apply Council Directives 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in respect of Avena strigosa Schreb.
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2009/786/EC of 26 October 2009 (OJ L 281, 28.10.2009, p. 5),
                              
                           
               
                     (g)
                  
                  
                     authorisation to release Latvia from certain obligations to apply Council Directives 66/402/EEC and 2002/57/EC in respect of Avena strigosa Schreb., Brassica nigra (L.) Koch and Helianthus annuus L.
                     
                                 —
                              
                              
                                 Commission Decision 2010/198/EU of 6 April 2010 (OJ L 87, 7.4.2010, p. 34),
                              
                           
               
      
         Appendix 4
         
            LIST OF THIRD COUNTRIES
             (5)
         
         
                      
                  
                  
                     Argentina
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Australia
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Canada
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Chile
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Croatia
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Israel
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Morocco
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     New Zealand
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Serbia and Montenegro
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     South Africa
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Turkey
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     United States of America
                  
               
                      
                  
                  
                     Uruguay
                  
               
      
         (1)  OJ L 301, 28.9.2004, p. 55.
      
         (2)  Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before 31.7.2010.
      
         (3)  Local varieties authorised for marketing in Switzerland are not covered.
      
         (4)  Unless indicated otherwise, any reference to an act shall mean that act as amended before 31.7.2010.
      
         (5)  Recognition is based on Council Decision 2003/17/EC (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10) for field inspections of seed-producing crops and seeds produced, and on Council Decision 2005/834/EC (OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 51) for checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties. The Agreement on the European Economic Area applies in the case of Norway.