2004/893/EC: Commission Decision of 20 December 2004 providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Secale cereale, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (notified under document number C(2004) 5027)Text with EEA relevance

23.12.2004 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 375/31
COMMISSION DECISION
of 20 December 2004
providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species Secale cereale, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC
(notified under document number C(2004) 5027)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2004/893/EC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) In Latvia the quantity of available seed of winter varieties of rye (Secale cereale) suitable to the national climatic conditions and which satisfies the requirements of Directive 66/402/EEC in respect of the presence of the harmful organism Claviceps purpurea is insufficient and therefore not adequate to meet the needs of the Member State.
(2) It is not possible to meet the demand for seed of that species satisfactorily with seed from other Member States or from third countries, which satisfies all the requirements laid down in Directive 66/402/EEC.
(3) Accordingly, Latvia should be authorised to permit the marketing of seed of that species subject to less stringent requirements for a period expiring on 30 November 2004.
(4) In addition, other Member States irrespective of whether the seed was harvested in a Member State or in a third country covered by Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (2) which are in a position to supply Latvia with seed of that species, should be authorised to permit the marketing of such seed.
(5) It is appropriate that Latvia acts as coordinator in order to ensure that the total amount of seed authorised pursuant to this Decision does not exceed the maximum quantity covered by this Decision.
(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,