90/603/EEC: Commission Decision of 9 November 1990 amending Decision 88/222/EEC recognizing certain Member States or regions of certain Member States as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale)

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 9 November 1990
amending Decision 88/222/EEC recognizing certain Member States or regions of certain Member States as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale)
(90/603/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (1), as last amended by Directive 90/506/EEC (2), and in particular part B (8) of Annex III and the second indent of part A (14a) of Annex IV thereto,
Whereas, under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, from 16 April to 30 September, in the case of origin in the northern hemisphere, and from 16 October to 31 March, in the case of origin in the southern hemisphere, plants of certain genera, other than fruit, seeds and parts of plants used for decoration, originating in or coming from countries or, in the case of certain Member States, regions other than those recognized as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale), may not be introduced in certain Member States;
Whereas, under other provisions of the said Directive, plants of the same genera, other than fruit, seeds and parts of plants used for decoration, which originate in or coming from countries where the aforementioned harmful organism is known to occur, may be introdued into the Member States only when they are either subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against that organism, or when they originate in regions recognized as being free from the aforementioned harmful organism;
Whereas, by Decision 88/222/EEC (3), certain Member States or regions of certain Member States were recognized as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus;
Whereas it has appeared from official information supplied or confirmed by the Member States that the situation in respect of the absence of San José Scale has changed in certain regions of certain Member States;
Whereas, therefore, the list of relevant reigons should be amended accordingly;
Whereas, however, the information relating to Spain is still under examination; whereas the regions of this Member State which are to be recognized as being free from that harmful organism will therefore be specified at a later stage;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,