2000/320/EC: Commission Decision of 11 April 2000 authorising Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC (notified under document number C(2000) 951) (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Decision
of 11 April 2000
authorising Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC
(notified under document number C(2000) 951)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2000/320/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC on the marketing of forest reproductive material(1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to the request submitted by France,
Whereas:
(1) Production of reproductive material of the species set out in the Annex is at present insufficient in France with the result that their requirement for reproductive material conforming to the provisions of Directive 66/404/EEC cannot be met.
(2) Third countries are not in a position to supply sufficient reproductive material of the relevant species which can afford the same guarantees as Community reproductive material and which conforms to the provisions of the abovementioned Directive.
(3) France should therefore be authorised to permit, for a limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of the relevant species which satisfies less stringent requirements to cover the shortage of reproductive material satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/404/EEC.
(4) For genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin within the natural range of the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees should be given to ensure the identity of the material.
(5) Furthermore, reproductive material should be marketed only if it is accompanied by a document bearing certain details of the reproductive material in question.
(6) 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,