CELEX: 31978L0816
Language: en
Date: 1978-09-26 00:00:00
Title: Council Directive 78/816/EEC of 26 September 1978 amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes

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31978L0816

Council Directive 78/816/EEC of 26 September 1978 amending Directive 66/403/EEC on the marketing of seed potatoes  

Official Journal L 281 , 06/10/1978 P. 0018 - 0018 Greek special edition: Chapter 03 Volume 22 P. 0230 

++++COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  OF 26 SEPTEMBER 1978  AMENDING DIRECTIVE 66/403/EEC ON THE MARKETING OF SEED POTATOES   ( 78/816/EEC )  THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 43 AND 100 THEREOF ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ) ,  HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE ( 2 ) ,  WHEREAS IT RESULTS FROM ARTICLE 15 OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 66/403/EEC OF 14 JUNE 1966 ON THE MARKETING OF SEED POTATOES ( 3 ) , AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 78/692/EEC ( 4 ) , THAT AFTER 1 JULY 1975 MEMBER STATES MAY NO LONGER ESTABLISH UNDER THEIR OWN RESPONSIBILITY THE EQUIVALENCE OF INSPECTIONS AND CHECKS CARRIED OUT IN THIRD COUNTRIES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE WORK INTENDED TO ENABLE SUCH EQUIVALENCE TO BE DETERMINED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL HAS NOT YET BEEN COMPLETED ;  WHEREAS , THEREFORE , IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE MEMBER STATES' TRADITIONAL TRADE PATTERNS BEING DISTURBED , THE MEMBER STATES SHOULD BE GRANTED THE POSSIBILITY OF EXTENDING THE VALIDITY OF DECISIONS ON EQUIVALENCE ALREADY TAKEN BY THEM ;  WHEREAS , HOWEVER , THE USE OF THIS POSSIBILITY IS SUBJECT TO THE COMMUNITY PHYTOSANITARY RULES APPLICABLE FROM 23 DECEMBER 1978 ; WHEREAS , AS A RESULT , SEED POTATOES MAY NOT BE INTRODUCED INTO THE COMMUNITY AFTER THAT DATE EXCEPT IN SO FAR AS PERMITTED BY THE ABOVEMENTIONED PHYTOSANITARY RULES ; WHEREAS , HOWEVER , SEED POTATOES INTRODUCED BEFORE THAT DATE MAY IN ANY CASE , AS REGARDS MARKETING WITHIN THE MEMBER STATE CONCERNED , BENEFIT FROM THE EQUIVALENCE UNTIL THE DATE LAID DOWN IN THIS DIRECTIVE ,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :  ARTICLE 1  WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE PROVISIONS OF COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 77/93/EEC OF 21 DECEMBER 1976 ON PROTECTIVE MEASURES AGAINST THE INTRODUCTION INTO MEMBER STATES OF HARMFUL ORGANISMS OF PLANT OR PLANT PRODUCTS ( 5 ) THE DATE " 30 JUNE 1978 " SET OUT IN ARTICLE 15 ( 2 ) ( A ) OF DIRECTIVE 66/403/EEC SHALL BE REPLACED BY " 30 JUNE 1979 " .  ARTICLE 2  MEMBER STATES SHALL BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1978 .  THEY SHALL FPRTJWOTJ INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .  ARTICLE 3  THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .  DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 SEPTEMBER 1978 .  FOR THE COUNCIL  THE PRESIDENT  J . ERTL  ( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 15 SEPTEMBER 1978 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .  ( 2 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 12 AND 13 JULY 1978 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ) .  ( 3 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2320/66 .  ( 4 ) OJ NO L 236 , 26 . 8 . 1978 , P . 13 .  ( 5 ) OJ NO L 26 , 31 . 1 . 1977 , P . 20 .