CELEX: 31977L0648
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-11 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 77/648/EEC of 11 October 1977 amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes

14. 10 . 77                            Official Journal pf the European Communities                        No L 261 /21
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                                                      COUNCIL
                                                  COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                                                     of 11 October 1977
                       amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes
                                                         77/648/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                     Article 1
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 43
and 100 thereof,                                                  In Article 15 (2) (a) of Directive 66/403/EEC the date
                                                                  of 31 December 1976 shall be replaced by that of 30
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                June 1978 .
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parlia­
ment ('),                                                                                 Article 2
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and                  Member States shall bring into force the laws, regula­
Social Committee (2),                                             tions and administrative provisions necessary to
Whereas it results from Article 15 of Council Direc­
                                                                  comply with this Directive with effect from 1 January
                                                                  1977 .
tive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of
seed potatoes (3), as last amended by Directive                   They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
76/307/EEC (4), that after 1 July 1975 Member States
may no longer establish under their own responsi­                                         Article J
bility the equivalence of inspections and checks                  This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
carried out in third countries ; whereas, however, the
work intended to enable such equivalence to be deter­
mined at Community level has not yet been
completed ;                                                       Done at Luxembourg, 11 October 1977.
Whereas, therefore, in order to prevent the Member
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States' traditional trade patterns being disturbed, the
Member States should be granted the possibility of                                              The President
extending the validity of decisions on equivalence
already taken by them,                                                                          A. HUMBLET
(') OJ No  C 183, 1 . 8 . 1977, p. 64.
(2) OJ  No C 180, 28 . 7. 1977, p. 29.
(3) OJ  No  125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
(4) OJ No  L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 16.