CELEX: 31978D0477
Language: en
Date: 1978-05-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 May 1978 on the reimbursement by the Guidance Section of the EAGGF to the Kingdom of Belgium of expenditure incurred during 1976 on aids relating to the provision of socio-economic guidance for and the acquisition of occupational skills by persons engaged in agriculture

8 . 6 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 152/ 19
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                         of 30 May 1978
                on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties
                                                carried out in third countries
                                                           (78 /476/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas this Decision does not affect the provisions
COMMUNITIES,                                                          of   the    Protocol on    German    Internal   Trade  and
                                                                      connected problems,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/ EEC of 29
September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties                                            Article 1
of agricultural plant species ('), as last amended by
Directive 78 / 55/ EEC (2), and in particular Article                 It is hereby noted that the official checks on practices
21 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,                                                 for the maintenance of varieties carried out in the
                                                                      countries and by the authorities listed in the Annex
Having regard to Council Directive 70/458 / EEC of 29                 for the species listed therein and concerning the said
September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable                          countries afford the same guarantees as those carried
seed (3), as last amended by Directive 78 / 55/ EEC, and              out by the Member States .
in particular Article 32 ( 1 ) (b) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,                                            Article 2
Whereas in a number of third countries certain var­                   The following shall be adopted in accordance with the
ieties officially accepted in the Community are main­                 procedure laid down in Article 23 of Directive
tained according to practices for the maintenance of                  70 /457/ EEC and        in   Article   40    of   Directive
varieties ;                                                           70 /458 / EEC :
Whereas such practices are or may be officially                       — the practices for the maintenance of varieties to
checked in those countries ;                                               which the official checks referred to in Article 1
Whereas an examination of the conditions of official                       apply,
checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties                  — the technical and administrative adjustments to be
carried out in Canada, the German Democratic Repu­                         made to the Annex, with the exception of those
blic, Spain , Hungary, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden ,                       concerning column 2 of the table .
the United States of America and South Africa has
                                                                                                Article 3
shown that these checks afford the same guarantees as
those carried out by the Member States ;                              A finding as referred to in Article 1 shall be with­
Whereas this Decision does not preclude Community                     drawn when the conditions therefor are no longer
                                                                      satisfied .
findings on equivalence being revoked or the exten­
sion of their period of validity being refused, when the
                                                                                                Article 4
conditions on which they are based are not or cease to
be satisfied ; whereas, to this end, further practical                This Decision shall apply from 1 July 1978 to 30
information on seed of the varieties being maintained                 June 1988 .
in    the    abovementioned      countries    should  also   be
obtained when carrying out comparative Community                                                Article 5
tests ;
                                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Whereas certain of the technical and administrative
provisions in the Annex may be subject to frequent
adjustment ; whereas, in order to simplify the proce­                 Done at Brussels, 30 May 1978 .
dure which at present governs amendments to the
                                                                                                     For the Council
Annex, such adjustments should be made in accor­
dance with the procedure of the Standing Committee                                                     The President
on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture,
Horticulture and Forestry ;                                                                           I. N0RGAARD
(') OJ No L 225, 12 . 10 . 1970, p. 1 .
(2 ) OJ No L 16, 20 . 1 . 1978 , p. 23 .
(3) OJ No L 225, 12. 10 . 1970 , p. 7.