CELEX: 31979D0234
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-08 00:00:00
Title: 79/234/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1979 amending the Annex to Fifth Council Decision 76/538/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops

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31979D0234

79/234/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1979 amending the Annex to Fifth Council Decision 76/538/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops  

Official Journal L 052 , 02/03/1979 P. 0014 - 0014

****( 1 ) OJ NO L 162 , 23 . 6 . 1976 , P . 1 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 223 , 14 . 8 . 1978 , P . 4 .        COMMISSION DECISION   OF 8 FEBRUARY 1979   AMENDING THE ANNEX TO FIFTH COUNCIL DECISION 76/538/EEC ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF FIELD INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT IN THIRD COUNTRIES ON SEED-PRODUCING CROPS  ( 79/234/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO FIFTH COUNCIL DECISION 76/538/EEC OF 17 MAY 1976 ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF FIELD INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT IN THIRD COUNTRIES ON SEED-PRODUCING CROPS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DECISION 78/662/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 2 THEREOF ,   WHEREAS ON 14 JUNE 1977 THE COUNCIL OF THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ( OECD ) ACCEPTED A SCHEME FOR THE VARIETAL CERTIFICATION OF MAIZE SEED MOVING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ;   WHEREAS THIS SYSTEM IS INTENDED TO SERVE IN FUTURE AS A BASIS OF REFERENCE FOR THE EQUIVALENCE OF MAIZE SEED PRODUCED IN THIRD COUNTRIES ;   WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY , AS A FIRST STEP , TO ESTABLISH , IN ADDITION TO THE EQUIVALENCE OF CERTAIN NATIONAL SYSTEMS , THE EQUIVALENCE ALSO OF THIS OECD SYSTEM FOR THE FIELD INSPECTION OF MAIZE SEED HARVESTED AFTER 30 JUNE 1979 IN THOSE THIRD COUNTRIES ALREADY ABLE TO APPLY THE OECD SYSTEM ;   WHEREAS THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC HAS GIVEN NOTICE THAT THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF SEEDS HAS CHANGED ;   WHEREAS IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO AMEND THE ANNEX TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED DECISION IN RELATION TO CANADA , ROMANIA , SWITZERLAND , HUNGARY , THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ;   WHEREAS 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   THE ANNEX TO FIFTH COUNCIL DECISION 76/538/EEC SHALL BE AMENDED AS FOLLOWS :   1 . UNDER REFERENCE NUMBERS 6 , 12 , 14 , 19 AND 20 IN THE TABLE , THE PARTICULARS IN RESPECT OF MAIZE IN COLUMN 5 SHALL BE REPLACED BY :   ' 1 ( * ) OR 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ' .   2 . AT THE END OF THE TABLE THE FOLLOWING FOOTNOTE SHALL BE INSERTED :   '  ( * ) SOLELY IN THE CASE OF SEED HARVESTED AFTER 30 JUNE 1979 ' .   3 . UNDER REFERENCE NUMBER 22 IN THE TABLE , THE PARTICULARS SET OUT IN COLUMN 3 SHALL BE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING :   ' AMT FUER STANDARDISIERUNG ,   MESSWESEN UND WARENPRUEFUNG ,   FACHGEBIET SAAT- UND PFLANZGUT ,   DRESDEN ' .   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 FEBRUARY 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   FINN GUNDELACH   VICE-PRESIDENT