86/526/EEC: Council Decision of 3 November 1986 amending Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops

COUNCIL  DECISION
of 3 November 1986
amending Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops
(86/526/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Directive 86/155/EEC (2), and in particular Article 16 (1) (a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 86/320/EEC (4), and in particular Article 16 (1) (a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (5), as last amended by Directive 86/155/EEC, and in particular Article 15 (1) (a) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas, in its Decision 85/355/EE (6), as last amended by Commission Decision 86/316/EEC (7), the Council determined that field inspections carried out in certain third countries on seed-producing crops of certain species satisfy the conditions laid down in Directives 66/400/EEC (8), 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC;
Whereas it has since been established that in Argentina also there are rules on seeds control for a range of plant species which provide for official field inspections to be carried out during the period of seed production;
Whereas an examiniation of the said rules and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that the prescribed field inspections for certain species satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to each of the abovementioned Directives;
Whereas Argentina should therefore be granted equivalence in respect of certain species,