CELEX: 31972D0294
Language: en
Date: 1972-07-20 00:00:00
Title: 72/294/EEC: First Council Decision of 20 July 1972 on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries

Official Journal of the European Communities                                  887
16.8.72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 186/43
                                              FIRST COUNCIL DECISION
                                                    of 20 July 1972
                           on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries
                                                     (72/294/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                           Article 1
European Economic Community;
                                                               It is hereby declared that, where the special
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June              conditions laid down in the Annex to this Decision
19661 on the marketing of seed potatoes, as last               are satisfied, seed potatoes harvested in the countries
amended by the Council Directive of 30 March                   and officially controlled by the authorities listed in
1971 ,2 and in particular Article 15 ( 1 ) thereof;            the Annex to this Decision and belonging to the
                                                               categories specified therein are equivalent to seed
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ;            potatoes of corresponding categories harvested within
                                                               the Community and complying with the Council
Whereas there are at present rules in Austria and
                                                               Directive of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed
Switzerland on varietal and quality controls for seed          potatoes .
potatoes ;
Whereas those rules and the manner in which they
are applied have been reviewed ; whereas this review                                   Article 2
has established that the conditions governing seed
potatoes harvested and controlled in those countries           This Decision shall apply from 1 September 1972 to
as regards their characters, and the arrangements for          30 June 1975 .
their examination, for ensuring their identity, for
marking and for control afford the same assurances
as seed potatoes harvested and controlled within the
                                                                                       Article 3
Community ;
Whereas, if it becomes apparent that the conditions            This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
on which Community determinations are based are
not or are no longer satisfied, those determinations
will be revoked or the period of their validity will not
be extended ;                                                  Done at Brussels, 20 July 1972.
Whereas further      practical information on seed
potatoes produced    in the abovementioned countries                                              For the Council
should therefore     be obtained by growing and                                                    The President
checking samples      of such seed in comparative
Community tests;                                                                                 T. WESTERTERP
1 OJ No 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2320/66.
2 OJ No L 87, 17.4.1971, p. 24.
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                                                            ANNEX
                                                                                           Categories
  Order                                                                                                                  Special
          Country                              Service
   No                                                                              in the               in the          conditions
                                                                            Country concerned         Community
    1         2                                   3                                  4                    5                 6
1       Austria           — Burgenländische Landwirtschaftskammer
                             Eisenstadt
                          — Landwirtschaftskammer für Kärnten ,
                             Klagenfurt
                          — Niederösterreichische Landes-Land­
                             wirtschaftskammer, "Wien
                                                                             Elite                Basic             1 , 2, 3 , 4
                         — Landwirtschaftskammer für Oberöster­                                   seed
                             reich, Linz/O.Ö .                                                    potatoes
                         — Landeskammer für Land-            und Forst­
                                                                             Original             Certified         1 , 2, 4, 4
                             wirtschaft Steiermark, Graz                     — Klasse A           seed
                                                                             — Klasse B           potatoes
                         — Landeskammer für Tirol, Innsbruck
           -
                         — Kammer für Land- und Forstwirtschaft
                             in Salzburg, Salzburg
                         — Landwirtschaftskammer für Vorarlberg
                             Bregenz
                         — Wiener Landwirtschaftskammer, Wien
2       Switzerland       — Station fédérale de recherches agronomi­
                             ques , Lausanne                                 Plants               Certified         1 , 2, 3 , 4
                                                                           , certifiés            seed
                          — Eidgenössische Landwirtschaftliche               — Classe A           potatoes
                             Forschungsanstalt, Zürich-Rechenholz            — Classe B
                                                    SPECIAL CONDITIONS
             1 . Seed potatoes shall be officially certified and their containers officially sealed and marked in
                 accordance with national provisions. Seed potatoes shall meet the requirements of Community
                 rules and conform to the European standard for seed potatoes recommended by the Working
                 Party on Standardization of Perishable Foodstuffs of the Economic Commission for Europe.
             2. Field inspection shall be carried out by State authorites or by any legal person whether
                 governed by public or by private law, acting under the responsibility of such authorities , provi­
                 ded that such person derives no private gain from the result of the inspection.
             3 . Any chemical treatment of the seed potatoes shall be noted either on the official label or on
             8 a special label and . on the container or inside it.
             4. The colour of the label shall be :
                 — white for basic seed potatoes ;
                 — blue for certified seed potatoes .
                 All information shall be given in at least one of the official languages of the European
                 Communities or in English.