CELEX: 31979D0236
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-08 00:00:00
Title: 79/236/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1979 extending for certain third countries the period provided for in Article 21 (2) of Directive 70/457/EEC and in Article 32 (2) of Directive 70/458/EEC

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31979D0236

79/236/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1979 extending for certain third countries the period provided for in Article 21 (2) of Directive 70/457/EEC and in Article 32 (2) of Directive 70/458/EEC  

Official Journal L 052 , 02/03/1979 P. 0020 - 0020

****( 1 ) 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 .  ( 4 ) OJ NO L 236 , 26 . 8 . 1978 , P . 13 .  ( 5 ) OJ NO L 152 , 8 . 6 . 1978 , P . 17 .    COMMISSION DECISION   OF 8 FEBRUARY 1979   EXTENDING FOR CERTAIN THIRD COUNTRIES THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 21 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/457/EEC AND IN ARTICLE 32 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/458/EEC  ( 79/236/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/457/EEC OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1970 ON THE COMMON CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES OF AGRICULTURAL PLANT SPECIES ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 78/55/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 21 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 70/458/EEC OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1970 ON THE MARKETING OF VEGETABLE SEED ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 78/692/EEC ( 4 ), AND IN PARTICULAR THE THIRD SENTENCE OF ARTICLE 32 ( 2 ) THEREOF ,   WHEREAS , UNDER ARTICLE 21 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/457/EEC AND UNDER ARTICLE 32 ( 1 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/458/EEC , THE COUNCIL SHALL DETERMINE , ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION , WHETHER THE CHECKS ON PRACTICES FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF VARIETIES CARRIED OUT IN THIRD COUNTRIES AFFORD THE SAME GUARANTEES AS THOSE CARRIED OUT BY THE MEMBER STATES ;   WHEREAS , BY DECISION 78/476/EEC OF 30 MAY 1978 ( 5 ), THE COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED THIS QUESTION AS REGARDS SEVERAL THIRD COUNTRIES ;   WHEREAS THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE HAS NOT YET ENABLED THIS QUESTION TO BE DETERMINED AS REGARDS JAPAN , AUSTRIA , SWITZERLAND , CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND YUGOSLAVIA AND TO SOME EXTENT POLAND ;   WHEREAS , IN ORDER TO PREVENT CERTAIN MEMBER STATES ' TRADITONAL TRADE PATTERNS FROM BEING DISTURBED , THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 21 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/457/EEC AND IN ARTICLE 32 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/458/EEC MUST THEREFORE BE EXTENDED ;   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   1 .  THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 21 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/457/EEC SHALL , AS REGARDS AUSTRIA , SWITZERLAND , CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND YUGOSLAVIA , AND IN RESPECT OF AGRICULTURAL SPECIES , BE EXTENDED UNTIL 30 JUNE 1980 .   2 .  THE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 32 ( 2 ) OF DIRECTIVE 70/458/EEC SHALL , AS REGARDS JAPAN , POLAND AND SWITZERLAND AND IN RESPECT OF VEGETABLE SPECIES , BE EXTENDED UNTIL 30 JUNE 1980 .   ARTICLE 2   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 FEBRUARY 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   FINN GUNDELACH   VICE-PRESIDENT