CELEX: 31976D0540
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 17 May 1976 amending second Decision 75/370/EEC on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries

23 . 6 . 76                            Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 162/27
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 17 May 1976
              amending second Decision 75/370/EEC on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced
                                                       in third countries
                                                          (76/540/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                           HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                                              Article 1
European Economic Community,
                                                                   The following Article shall be added to second
                                                                   Decision 75 /370/EEC :
Having regard to Council Directive 66/403 /EEC of
14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed potatoes ( x ),
                                                                       'Article la
as last amended by Directive 76/307/EEC (2), and in
particular Article 15 ( 1 ) thereof,                                   Technical and administrative amendments to be
                                                                       made to the Annex, with the exception of those
                                                                       concerning column 2 of the table in the Annex,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                     shall be adopted in accordance with the
                                                                       procedure laid down in Article 19 of Directive
                                                                       66/403 /EEC .'
Whereas the Council has declared by its Second
Decision 75/370/EEC (3), that seed potatoes produced
and officially controlled in Austria, Poland and in                                       Article 2
Switzerland    afford the same         assurances   as   seed
potatoes    produced       and    controlled    within     the
Community ;                                                        This Decision shall apply until 30 June 1978 .
Whereas it has become apparent that certain                                               Article 3
technical and administrative provisions in the Annex
to second Decision 75/370/EEC are often subject to                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
changes ;
Whereas for the purpose of simplifying the                         Done at Brussels, 17 May 1976.
procedures which at present govern amendments to
the said Annex, it is desirable that these changes                                                   For the Council
should be referred to the procedure of the Standing                                                   The President
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                                J. HAMILIUS
(x ) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.
(2) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 16.
(8) OJ No L 164, 27. 6. 1975, p . 43 .