87/465/EEC: Commission Decision of 12 August 1987 amending Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 12 August 1987
amending Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries
(87/465/EEC)
THE COMMISSION 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 Commission Directive 87/120/EEC (2),
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 87/120/EEC,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (4), as last amended by Commission Directive 87/120/EEC,
Having regard to Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (5), as last amended by Commission Decision 87/346/EEC (6), and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, in Decision 85/356/EEC, the Council determined that seed of certain species produced in certain third countries is equivalent to corresponding seed produced in the Community;
Whereas for certain species that determination includes Czechoslovakia, Israel, Argentina and South Africa;
Whereas an examination of the rules of the abovementioned countries and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that the conditions governing seed of
- fodder radish, soya bean and sunflower harvested and controlled in Czechoslovakia,
- sorghum, Sudan grass and the hybrids resulting from the crossing of sorghum and Sudan grass harvested and controlled in Israel, Argentina and South Africa, and
- fodder radish and soya bean for purposes other than oil production harvested and controlled in Argentina
afford the same assurances, as regards the seed's characteristics, identity, examination, marking and control as do the conditions applicable to such seed harvested and controlled within the Community;
Whereas the existing equivalence for Czechoslovakia, Israel, Argentina and South Africa should therefore be extended accordingly;
Whereas the conditions laid down in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development scheme for the varietal certification of sugar beet seed and fodder beet seed moving in international trade no longer include a minimum germination requirement for basic seed; whereas it is therefore necessary to apply the Community conditions to beet seed covered by Decision 85/356/EEC, as regards the minimum germination requirement for basic seed;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material in Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,