96/332/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 1996 amending Decision 93/231/EEC, authorizing, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/403/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)

COMMISSION DECISION of 3 May 1996 amending Decision 93/231/EEC, authorizing, in respect of the marketing of seed potatoes in all or part of the territory of certain Member States, more stringent measures against certain diseases than are provided for in Annexes I and II to Council Directive 66/403/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (96/332/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1996 on the marketing of seed potatoes (1), as last amended by Council Directive 96/16/EC (2), and in particular Article 13 (2) thereof,
Whereas Commission Decision 93/231/EEC (3), as last amended by Decision 95/21/EC (4), authorized certain Member States, in respect of listed regions, to restrict the marketing of seed potatoes to basic seed potatoes of certain Community grades;
Whereas in Germany the region of Bundesland Mecklenburg-Vorpommern was one such listed region;
Whereas, as a result of German unification, changes in the administrative structure of certain regions in Germany require that the entry relating to Germany in the said Decision be amended;
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,