COMMISSION  DECISION
of 27 January 1989
amending the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries
(89/124/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/400/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of beet seed (1), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC (2),
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (3), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/100/EEC (4),
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (5), as last amended by Directive 89/2/EEC (6),
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (7), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC,
Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops (8), as last amended by Decision 88/575/EEC (9), and in particular Article 2 thereof,
Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (10), as last amended by Decision 88/575/EEC, and in particular Article 4 thereof,
Whereas, in Decision 85/355/EEC, 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 the Community Directives;
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 these determinations include Austria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Chile, the United States of America and Yugoslavia;
Whereas the name of the service which carries out field inspections and officially controls seed in Hungary has changed and an appropriate administrative amendment should accordingly be made to the Annexes to Decisions 85/355/EEC and 85/356/EEC;
Whereas an examination of the rules of the nine countries abovementioned and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that:
- in Austria, Czechoslovakia, the German Democratic Republic and Romania, in respect of California bluebell,
- in Hungary, in respect of California bluebell, sorghum, Sudan grass, hybrids resulting from the crossing of sorghum and Sudan grass, and triticale,
- in Poland, in respect of triticale,
- in Chile, in respect of field pea and soya bean,
- in the United States of America, in respect of Bermuda grass, and
- in Yugoslavia, in respect of cocksfoot, tall fescue, meadow fescue, red fescue, Italian ryegrass, perennial ryegrass, timothy (phleum pratense), golden oatgrass, birdsfoot trefoil, white lupin, lucerne (medicago sativa), sainfoin, crimson clover, common vetch, hairy vetch, California bluebell, oats, barley, rye, durum wheat, hemp, soya bean, sunflower, flax/linseed and opium poppy,
the prescribed field inspections satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC or 69/208/EEC, as the case may be, and the conditions governing seed harvested and controlled there 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 those nine countries should therefore be extended accordingly;
Whereas it is necessary to make a technical amendment to the Annexes to Decisions 85/355/EEC and 85/356/EEC to provide, in respect of sorghum, Sudan grass, and hybrids resulting from the crossing of these two species, that the field inspections carried out in the United States of America and the seed produced there satisfy the relevant conditions laid down in Annex I to Directive 66/402/EEC;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agrculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/355/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with Annex I.
The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/356/EEC is hereby amended in accordance with Annex II.
This Decision is addressed to all the Member States.