Commission Directive 86/267/EEC of 20 May 1986 amending Directive 72/169/EEC determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vine varieties

COMMISSION  DIRECTIVE
of 20 May 1986
amending Directive 72/169/EEC determining the characteristics and minimum conditions for inspecting vine varieties
(86/267/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 68/193/EEC of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (1), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 3768/85 (2), and in particular Article 5d (2) thereof,
Whereas, in accordance with Directive 68/193/EEC, Member States are obliged to compile a catalogue of the varieties accepted for certification and inspection on their territory of standard propagating material;
Whereas the acceptance of varieties is subject to Community conditions which must be enforced by means of official inspections and in particular by crop inspections;
Whereas the inspections must cover a sufficient number of characteristics to enable the varieties to be described;
Whereas those characteristics were fixed by Commission Directive 72/169/EEC (3);
Whereas Annex I to that Directive contains a list of vine varieties to be used as control varieties for establishing phenological dates;
Whereas it is now necessary to specify control varieties for Greece and Spain;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,