CELEX: 31973D0085
Language: en
Date: 1973-03-26 00:00:00
Title: 73/85/EEC: Council Decision of 26 March 1973 on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in Denmark

No L 106/16                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             20. 4 . 73
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                       of 26 March 1973
                            on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in Denmark
                                                          (73/85/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community;                                            It is hereby declared that, where the special condi­
                                                                    tions laid down in the Annex are satisfied, seed
                                                                    potatoes harvested in Denmark and officially con­
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                   trolled by the authority listed in the Annex and be­
1966 (*) on the marketing of seed potatoes, as last                 longing to the categories specified therein are equiv­
amended by the Directive of 6 December 1972 (2 ),                   alent to seed potatoes of corresponding categories
and in particular Article 15 ( 1 ) and (3 ) thereof ;               harvested within the other Member States and com­
                                                                    plying with the Council Directive of 14 June 1966
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;                 on the marketing of seed potatoes.
Whereas there are rules in Denmark on varietal and
quality controls for seed potatoes ; whereas Denmark                                       Article 2
is authorized to apply those rules until required to
implement the laws, regulations and administrative                  This Decision shall apply from 1 January 1973 until
provisions necessary to comply with the Council                     the date on which Denmark is to bring into force
Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed
                                                                    the laws, regulations and administrative provisions
                                                                    necessary for compliance with the Directive referred
potatoes ;
                                                                    to in Article 1 .
Whereas these rules and the manner in which they
are applied have been examined and this examina­                                           Article 3
tion has established that the conditions governing
seed potatoes harvested and controlled in Denmark                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
as regards their characteristics, examination, identity
marking and control, afford the same assurances as                  Done at Brussels, 26 March 1973 .
the conditions applicable within the Community to                                                     For the Council
seed potatoes harvested and controlled in the other                                                    The President
Member States ;                                                                                         A. LAVENS
O OJ No 125 , 11 . 7. 1966 p . 2320/66 .
(2) OJ No L 287, 26. 12 . 1972, p . 22 .
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                                      Categories
                                                                                                     special
               Member State         Authority                                                      Conditions
                                                     in the Member State        Community rules
                    1                   2                     3                        4                5
           Denmark             Styatens             E-kartofler               basic seed        1 , 2, 3 , 4
                               Plantetilsyn                                   potatoes
                                                    A-kartofler               certified seed
                                                    B-kartofler               potatoes
                                                  SPECIAL CONDITIONS
           1 . Seed potatoes shall be officially certified and their containers officially 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 Com­
               mission for Europe.
            2. Field inspection shall be carried out by State authorities or by any legal person whether
                governed by public or private law, acting under the responsibility of such authorities, pro­
                vided that such persons derive 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
                Communities .