2005/834/EC: Council Decision of 8 November 2005 on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries and amending Decision 2003/17/EC

• CELEX: Decision 2003/17/EC
• Articles: 7

Article 1

The official checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in the third countries and by the authorities, listed in the Annex, for the species covered by the Directives referred to for each of those countries shall afford the same guarantees as those carried out by the Member States.

Article 2

Amendments to the Annex, with the exception of those concerning the first column of the table, shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 3(2).

Article 3

1.   The Commission shall be assisted by the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry set up by Article 1 of Decision 66/399/EEC  ( 11 ) , hereinafter referred to as ‘the Committee’.

2.   Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 4 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply.

The period laid down in Article 4(3) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at one month.

3.   The Committee shall adopt its Rules of Procedure.

Article 4

In Decision 2003/17/EC Articles 1 and 2 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 1

Field inspections concerning the seed-producing crops of the species specified in Annex I carried out in the third countries listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to field inspections carried out in accordance with Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC provided that they:

(a)

are carried out officially by the authorities listed in Annex I, or under the official supervision of those authorities;

(b)

satisfy the conditions laid down in point A of Annex II.

Article 2

Seed of the species specified in Annex I, produced in the third countries listed in that Annex and officially certified by the authorities listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to seed complying with Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC, if it satisfies the conditions laid down in point B of Annex II.’

Article 5

This Decision shall apply from 1 July 2005.

However, Article 4 shall apply as from 1 October 2005.

Article 6

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Country  ( *1 )

Authority responsible for carrying out checks

Directives

AR

Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, PESCA y Alimentación, Buenos Aires

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/57/EC

AU

Australian Seeds Authority, Victoria

66/401/EEC

2002/55/EC

2002/57/EC

BG

Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Sofia

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/55/EC

2002/57/EC

CA

Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/57/EC

CH

Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau (FAL) Zürich Station Fédérale de Recherches en Production Végétale de Changins (RAC), Nyon

2002/55/EC

CL

Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Santiago

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/57/EC

CS

National Laboratory for Seed Testing, Novi Sad

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/57/EC

HR

Institute for Seed and Seedlings, Osijek

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/57/EC

IL

Ministry of Agriculture Bet-Dagan

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/55/EC

2002/57/EC

JP

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1-2-1 Kumigaseki, Chiyodaku, Tokyo

2002/55/EC

KR

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Vegetables Division, Seoul

2002/55/EC

MA

Ministère de l’agriculture et de la mise en valeur agricole, Rabat

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/55/EC

2002/57/EC

NZ

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington

66/401/EEC

RO

Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Bucharest

2002/57/EC

TW

Council of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Department, Taipei

2002/55/EC

US

United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/55/EC

2002/57/EC

UY

Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y PESCA, Montevideo

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/54/EC

2002/57/EC

ZA

Department of Agriculture, Pretoria (Tshwane)

66/401/EEC

66/402/EEC

2002/57/EC

( *1 )   AR — Argentina, AU — Australia, BG — Bulgaria, CA — Canada, CH — Switzerland, CL — Chile, CS — Serbia and Montenegro, HR — Croatia, IL — Israel, JP — Japan, KR — Republic of Korea, MA — Morocco, NZ — New Zealand, RO — Romania, TW — Taiwan, US — United States of America, UY — Uruguay, ZA — South Africa.