CELEX: 51988PC0408
Language: en
Date: 1988-07-22
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision 78/476/EEC on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries (presented by the Commission)

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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                             COM(88 ) 408 final
                                             Brussels , 22 July 1988
                                 Proposai for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
 amending Decision 78 / 476 / EEC on the equivalence of checks on practices
     for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries
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Article 21(1 ) ( b) of Council Directive 70/457/EEC on the common catalogue of
agricultural plant species provides that the Council shall determine whether
the checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of agricultural plant
species carried out in third countries afford the same assurances as those
carried out by Member States . Article 32(1 ) (b ) of Council Directive 70/458/EEC
contains a similar provision in respect of vegetable species .
By Decision 78/476/EEC , as amended , adopted pursuant to these two Articles ,
the Council noted that the official checks on practices for the maintenance of
varieties carried out in certain third countries for certain species afforded
the same guarantees as those carried out by Member States . This Decision
expires on 30 June 1988 .
As it appears that the official checks carried out in the third countries , and
for the species , covered by Decision 78/476/EEC continue to afford the
requisite guarantees , the present proposal provides for an extension of the
period of application of the Decision . However , some of the third countries
concerned have been requested to furnish additional information . The extension
is therefore limited to four years , a period considered necessary for the
supply , examination and assessment of this information .
It has now also been established that the requisite guarantees are afforded by
checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of certain species
carried out in Austria , Bulgaria , Chile , Czechoslovakia , Israel and
Yugoslavia , and by checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties of
vegetable species , in addition to agricultural plant species , in Poland .
The present proposal accordingly provides for the grant of equivalence for the
relevant species to the six countries first mentioned above , and for the
extension of the equivalence already granted to Poland to vegetable species .
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                                        Proposai for a
                                       COUNCIL DECISION
amending Deeds ion 7R/ a 76./F.EC on the equivalence of checks on practices for the
maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries
 DIE COUNCIL 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 bv Directive 80 /... / EEC ( 2 ), and in particular Article 21(1 ) ( b )
thereof ,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/ 458/ EE.C of 29 September 1970 on the
marketing of vegetable seed ( 3 ), as last amended by Directive 88/... /EEC
and in particular Article 32(1 ) ( b ) thereof ,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas , bv riecision 78 / 476/ EEC ( 4 ), as last amended by Decision 87/ 147/ EEC
( 5 ), the Council noted that the official checks on practices for the
maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries afford the
same guarantees as those carried out by the Member States ; whereas the period
of application of Decision 78 / 476 / EEC expired on 30 June 1988 ;
Whereas it appears that the above-mentioned official checks carried out in the
third countries referred to in Decision 78/ 476/ EEC continue to afford the same
guarantees as those carried out by the Member States ;
(1 )    UJ No L 225 , 12.10.1970 , p. 1 .
(2)     0J No I   ...
( 3)    0.1 No L 225 , 12.10.1970 , p. 7 .
(4)     0.1 No L 1 52 , 8.6.1978 , p. 17 .
 (5)    0J No L 60, 3.3.1987 , p. 15 .
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Whereas it is therefore appropriate to extend the period of application of
Decision 78/ 476/ EEC ;
Whereas , however , some of the third countries concerned have been requested to
furnish additional information ; whereas the extension should therefore be
limited to four years , a period considered necessary for the supply ,
examination and assessment of this information ;
Whereas it has now been established that practices for the maintenance of
varieties can be officially checked also in Austria , Bulgaria , Chile ,
Czechoslovakia , Israel and Yugoslavia in connection with certain species , and
in Poland in connection with vegetable species , in addition to agricultural
plant species ;
Whereas an examination of the conditions under which official checks on
practices for the maintenance of varieties are carried out in the
above-mentioned seven countries has shown that these checks afford the same
guarantees as those carried out by the Member States ;
Whereas Austria , Bulgaria , Chile , Czechoslovakia , Israel and Yugoslavia should
therefore be granted equivalence , and the equivalence granted to Poland should
be extended to vegetable species ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                      Artiçle_l
Decision 78/476/EEC is hereby amended as follows :
1.     In Article 4 , '30 June 1988 * is replaced by ’30 June 1992’ ;
2.     The Annex is replaced by the Annex to this Decision .
                                      Aiticie_2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
                                                         For the Council
 Done at Brussels
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                                        ANNEX
                                     " ANNEX
      1         2                3                                 4
Reference Country    Authority responsible for                 Species
   No                carrying out checks
   1  Argentina      Servicio Nacional de           Agricultural plant species
                     Semillas , Buenos Aires        referred to in Directives
                                                    66/ 401 / EEC , 66/ 402 / EEC and
                                                    69/ 208 / EEC
   2  Australia      Commonwealth ¡Department of    Agricultural plant species
                     Primary Industry , Canberra    referred to in Directives
                                                    66/ 401 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
                                                    Vegetable species referred
                                                    to in Directive 70 / 458 / EEC
   3  Austria        Zuchtbuchkommission , Ge¬      Agricultural plant species
                     schäftsführung , Bundesan¬     referred to in Directives
                     stalt für Pflanzenbau ,        66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                     Wien                           66/402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
                                                    Vegetable species referred
                                                    to in Directive 70 /458 / EEC
   4  Bulgaria       Centre for Varietal Mainte¬    Agricultural plant species
                     nance and Varietal Testing ,   referred to in Directives
                     Sofia                          66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                    66/ 402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
                                                    Vegetable species referred
                                                    to in Directive 70 / 458 / EEC
   5  Canada         Canada Department of Agri ¬    Agricultural plant species
                     culture , Ottawa               referred to in Directives
                                                    66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                    66/402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
   6  Chile          Servicio Agricola y Ganadero , Agricultural plant species
                     Unidad Técnica de Semillas ,   referred to in Directives
                     Santiago de Chile              66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                    66/ 402 / EEC and 69/ 208 / EEC
   7  Czechoslovakia Central Agricultural Control Agricultural plant species
                     and Testing Institute , Prague referred to in Directives
                                                    66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                    66/ 402 / EEC and 69/ 208 / EEC
                                                    Vegetable species referred
                                                    to in Directive 70 / 458 / EEC
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       1       2                3                                  4
Reference Country  Authority responsible for                   Species
   No
                    carrying out checks
   8  German Demo¬ Zentralstelle für Sorten¬       Agricultural plant species
      cratic Repu¬ wesen , Nossen                  referred to in Directives
      blic
                                                   66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                   66/ 402/ EEC and 69/ 208/ EEC
                                                   Vegetable species referred
                                                   to in Directive 70/ 458/ EEC
   9     Hungary   Ûrszàgos Fajtaminösitö          Agricultural plant species
                   Intézet , Budapest              referred to in Directives
                                                   66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                   66/ 402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
  10  Israel       Seed and Nursery Stock In¬      Agricultural plant species
                   spection Service of the         referred to in Directives
                   Ministry of Agriculture ,       66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                   Bet-Dagan                       66/ 402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
                                                   Vegetable species referred
                                                   to in Directive 70 / 458 / EEC
  11  Japan        Ministry of Agriculture ,       Vegetable species covered
                   Forestry and Fisheries -        by Directive 70/ 458/EEC
                   Japan
  12  New Zealand  Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural plant species
                   Fisheries , Advisory Services , referred to in Directive
                   Wellington                      66/ 401 / EEC
  13  Poland       Inspekcja Nasienna ,            Agricultural plant species
                   Warszawa                        referred to in Directives
                                                   66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                   66/ 402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
                                                   Vegetable species referred
                                                   to in Directive 70 / 458 / EEC
  14  Romania      Ministerul Agriculturii si      Helianthus annuus
                   Industriei Alimentare - Cen¬
                   trala Experiméntala al Comi -
                   siei de Stat pentru Incerca-
                   rea si Omologarea Soiurilor
                                                                                   G
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      1        2                3                                  4
Reference Country   Authority responsible for                 Species
   No               carrying out checks
  15  South Africa  Department of Agricultural     Agricultural plant species
                    Technical Services , Division  referred to in Directives
                    of Seed Control , Pretoria     66/401 / EEC and 69/208/ EEC ,
                                                   and the species Zea mays
  16 Sweden         Statens Céntrala rrokontroll - Agricultura! plant species
                    anstalt ( Swedish Seed Testing referred to in Directives
                    and Certification Institute ), 66/ 400/ EEC , 66/401 / EEC ,
                    Solna                          66/ 402 / EEC and 69/ 208 / EEC
                                                   Vegetable species referred
                                                   to in Directive 70/ 458 / EEC
  17  United States On request and via the Com¬    Agricultural plant species
      of America    mission of the European Com¬   referred to in Directives
                    munities : US Department of    66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                    Agriculture , Beltsville       66/ 402 / EEC and 69/208 / EEC
                    Agricultural Research Center ,
                    Beltsville ( Maryland )        Vegetable species referred
                                                   to in Directive 70/ 458 / EEC
  18 Yugoslavia     Savezni Komitet za Poljo-      Agricultural plant species
                    privredu , Beograd             referred to in Directives
                                                   66/ 400 / EEC , 66/ 401 / EEC ,
                                                   66/402/ EEC and 69/208/ EEC ,/
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 QbJiî : 1 . Projet de proposition de décision du Conseil modifiant la septième
               décision 85/355/CEE concernant l' équivalence des inspections sur
               pied des cultures productrices de semences effectuées dans des
               pays tiers et la septième décision 85/356/CEE concernant
               1 équivalence des semences produites dans des pays tiers (doc.
               2372 /VI / 88 )
          2 . Projet de proposition de décision du Conseil modifiant la décision
               78/476/CEE concernant l' équivalence des contrôles des sélections
               conservatrices effectués dans des pays tiers ( doc. 2378/VI /88 )
          3 . Projet de proposition de décision du Conseil modifiant la décision
               81/956/CEE concernant l' équivalence des plants de pommes de terre
               produits dans des pays tiers ( doc. 2379/VI /88 )
Aux termes des directives communautaires concernant la commercialisation des
semences , les semences produites dans des pays tiers ne peuvent en principe
être commercialisées dans la Communauté que si il a été établi que les
systèmes de contrôle de la production de semences et les semences elles-mêmes
sont équivalents aux svstèmes appliqués et aux semences produites dans la
Communauté . .
Le 30 juin 1988 les mesures d' équivalence suivantes en matière de semences
viendront à 1 ' échéance : -
1.   l' équivalence des semences des espèces de plantes agricoles produites en
     Australie , en Autriche , en Nouvelle-Zélande , en Norvège , en Suède , aux
     Etats-Unis et en Yougoslavie ( septièmes décisions 85/355/CEE et
     85/ 356/CEE du Conseil );
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 22 .. l' équivalence des contrôles des sélections conservatrices des variétés
       des espèces de plantes agricoles et de légumes effectués dans des pays
       tiers ( décision 78 / 476 / CEE du Conseil )
3.     l' équivalence des plants de pommes de terre produits en Autriche et en
       Suisse ( décision 81 / 956/ CEE du Conseil ).
Les trois projets de proposition mentionnés sous objet prorogeraient ( pour des
périodes différentes ) ces mesures d' équivalence . La proposition 2
( modification de la décision 78/ 476/CEE ) ajouterait aussi l' Autriche , la
Bulgarie , le Chili , la Tchécoslovaquie , Israël et la Yougoslavie à la liste
des pays tiers dont les contrôles des sélections conservatrices sont reconnus
comme équivalents aux contrôles effectués dans la Communauté , et étendrait
l' équivalence actuelle de la Pologne aux espèces de légumes .
Puisque les propositions visent à maintenir et prolonger des mesures déjà
mises en vigueur ( légèrement modifiées dans le cas de la proposition 2 ) , elles
profiteraient naturellement aux petites et moyennes entreprises qui s' occupent
de la commercialisation des semences , dans la mesure où elles leur
permettraient de continuer à importer des semences , et des plants de pommes de
terre , des pays tiers concernés et à multiplier dans la Communauté des
semences des variétés dont la sélection conservatrice s' effectue dans certains
pays tiers . Autrement , il est considéré que les propositions auraient très peu
d' impact sur la compétitivité et l' emploi des PME .
Les propositions n' imposeraient aucunes obligations directement aux
entreprises et d' ailleurs aucunes obligations ne sont susceptibles d' être
imposées indirectement via les autorités locales . Les propositions ne
contiennent aucunes mesures spéciales pour les PME .