92/566/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 November 1992 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directives 66/404/EEC and 71/161/EEC

COMMISSION DECISION
of 30 November 1992
authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not  satisfying the requirements of Council Directives 66/404/EEC and 71/161/EEC
(92/566/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest  reproductive material  (1), as last amended by Directive 90/654/EEC  (2) and in particular Article  15 thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 71/161/EEC of 30 March 1971 on external quality standards for  forest reproductive material marketed within the Community  (3), as last amended by Directive  90/654/EEC, and in particular Article 15 thereof,
Having regard to the requests submitted by certain Member States,
Whereas production of reproductive material of the species set out in the Annexes is at present  insufficient in all Member States, with the result that their requirements for reproductive  material conforming to the provisions of Directives 66/404/EEC or 71/161/EEC cannot be met;
Whereas 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 Directives;
Whereas the Member States should therefore be authorized to permit, for a limited period, the  marketing of reproductive material of the relevant species which satisfies less stringent  requirements to cover the shortages of reproductive material satisfying the requirements of  Directives 66/404/EEC or 71/161/EEC;
Whereas, 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;
Whereas, furthermore, reproductive material should be marketed only if it is accompanied by a  document bearing certain details of the reproductive material in question;
Whereas each of the Member States should furthermore be authorized to permit the marketing in its  territory of seed and seedlings which satisfy less stringent requirements in respect of provenance,  as laid down in Directive 66/404/EEC, or seed which satisfies less stringent requirements in  respect of specific purity as laid down in Directive 71/161/EEC if the marketing of such material  has been authorized in the other Member States under this Decision;
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,