2005/5/EC: Commission Decision of 27 December 2004 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants of agricultural and vegetable species and vine under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 92/33/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC for the years 2005 to 2009 (notified under document number C(2004) 5264)Text with EEA relevance
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Community comparative trials and tests shall be carried out in the years 2005 to 2009 on seeds and propagating material of the plants listed in the Annex. The eligible costs as well as the maximum Community financial contribution for the trials and tests for 2005 shall be as set out in the Annex. The details of the trials and tests are set out in the Annex.
In so far as propagating and planting material of the plants listed in the Annex is usually reproduced or marketed in their territories, the Member States shall take samples of this material and make them available to the Commission.
Subject to budgetary availability, the Commission may decide to continue the trials and tests set out in the Annex in 2006 to 2009. The maximum Community financial contribution corresponding to 80 % of the eligible costs of a trial or test continued on this basis shall not exceed the amount specified in the Annex.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX Trials and tests to be carried out in 2005 Species Responsible body Conditions to be assessed Number of samples Eligible costs (EUR) Maximum Community financial contribution (equivalent to 80 % of the eligible costs) (EUR) Beta vulgaris (sugar beet) NAK Emmeloord (NL) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 21 413 17 130 Fodder plants ( Agrostis spp., D. glomerata L., Festuca spp., Lolium spp., Phleum spp., Poa spp.) including mixtures ( *1 ) CLO Merelbeke (B) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 250 23 467 18 774 NAK Emmeloord (NL) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 250 19 941 15 953 NIAB Cambridge (UK) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 250 27 381 21 904 Vicia ( V. Faba, V. pannonica, V. sativa and V. villosa ) NIAB Cambridge (UK) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 60 16 716 13 373 Triticum durum (durum wheat) AGES Vienna (A) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 60 17 578 14 062 Zea mays OMMI Budapest (HU) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 15 763 12 611 Potato ENSE Milano (I) Varietal identity and purity Plant health (field) Plant health (ringrot/brown rot/pstv) (laboratory) 300 89 773 71 818 Linum usitatissimum NAK Emmeloord (NL) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 19 660 15 728 UKSUP Bratislava (SK) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 23 746 18 997 Vegetables ( Cichorium endivia L. — endive, Lactuca sativa L. — lettuce and Petroselinum crispum (Miller) Nyman ex A. W. Hill-parsley) GNIS-SOC Paris (F) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 36 806 29 445 Capsicum annuum OMMI Budapest (HU) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 80 31 676 25 340 Asparagus officinalis ( *1 ) BSA Hannover (D) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 36 227 28 982 Vitis vinifera ENTAV Le Grau du Roi (F) Varietal identity and purity (field) Plant health (field) Plant health (laboratory) 150 47 700 38 160 ISV Conegliano (I) Varietal identity and purity (field) Plant health (field) Plant health (laboratory) 150 37 545 30 036 TOTAL COST 372 313 Trials and tests to be carried out in 2006 Species Responsible body Conditions to be assessed Number of samples Eligible costs (EUR) Maximum Community financial contribution (equivalent to 80 % of the eligible costs) (EUR) Fodder plants ( Agrostis spp., D. glomerata L., Festuca pp., Lolium spp., Phleum spp., Poa spp.) including mixtures ( *2 ) CLO Merelbeke (B) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 250 23 905 19 124 NAK Emmeloord (NL) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 250 15 145 12 116 NIAB Cambridge (UK) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 250 27 382 21 906 Asparagus officinalis ( *2 ) BSA Hannover (D) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 36 227 28 982 TOTAL COST 82 128 Trials and tests to be carried out in 2007 Species Responsible body Conditions to be assessed Number of samples Eligible costs (EUR) Maximum Community financial contribution (equivalent to 80 % of the eligible costs) (EUR) Asparagus officinalis ( *3 ) BSA Hannover (D) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 36 227 28 982 TOTAL COST 28 982 Trials and tests to be carried out in 2008 Species Responsible body Conditions to be assessed Number of samples Eligible costs (EUR) Maximum Community financial contribution (equivalent to 80 % of the eligible costs) (EUR) Asparagus officinalis ( *4 ) BSA Hannover (D) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 36 227 28 982 TOTAL COST 28 982 Trials and tests to be carried out in 2009 Species Responsible body Conditions to be assessed Number of samples Eligible costs (EUR) Maximum Community financial contribution (equivalent to 80 % of the eligible costs) (EUR) Asparagus officinalis ( *5 ) BSA Hannover (D) Varietal identity and purity (field) External seed quality (laboratory) 100 36 227 28 982 TOTAL COST 28 982 ( *1 ) Trial and tests lasting more than one year. ( *2 ) Trial and tests lasting more than one year. ( *3 ) Trial and tests lasting more than one year. ( *4 ) Trial and tests lasting more than one year. ( *5 ) Trial and tests lasting more than one year.
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