Decision 2008/971/EC is hereby amended as follows:
(1)
in Article 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘This Decision determines the conditions under which forest reproductive material of the ‘source identified’, ‘selected’ and ‘qualified’ categories produced in a third country listed in Annex I shall be imported into the Union.’;
(2)
in Article 3, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:
‘2. Seed and planting stock of the ‘source identified’, ‘selected’ and ‘qualified’ categories of species listed in Annex I to Directive 1999/105/EC, produced in the third countries listed in Annex I to this Decision and officially certified by the third country authorities listed in that Annex, shall be considered equivalent to seed and planting stock complying with Directive 1999/105/EC, provided that the conditions laid down in Annex II to this Decision are satisfied.’;
(3)
in Article 4, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:
‘When seed and planting stock enter the Union, the supplier importing this material shall inform the official body of that Member State in advance of the import. The official body shall issue a Master Certificate based on the official OECD Certificate of Provenance before the material is placed on the market.’;
(4)
Annexes I and II are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .
It shall apply from 1 January 2013.
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
ANNEX
Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/971/EC are amended as follows:
(1)
Annex I is replaced by the following:
‘ANNEX I
Countries and authorities
Country ( *1 )
Authority responsible for the approval and control of production
CA
National Forest Genetic Resources Centre/Centre national des ressources génétiques forestières
Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada
Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic/Service canadien des forêts -Atlantique
P.O. Box 4000,
FREDERICTON, NB E3B 5P7
CH
Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)
Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK)
Forest Division
Federal Plant Protection Service
Zürcherstraße 111
CH-8903 BIRMENSDORF
HR
Croatian Forest Research Institute – CFI
Division of Genetics, Forest Tree Breeding and Seed Science
Cvjetno naselje 41
10450 Jastrebarsko
NO
Norwegian Forest Research Institute
Høgskoleveien 12
N-1432 AAS
Norwegian Forest Seed Station
P.O. Box 118
N-2301 HAMAR
RS
Group for Forest Reproductive Material and Genetic Resources Directorate for Forest
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management
Ministry of AFW — Directorate for Forest
Omladinskih brigada 1
Novi Beograd
TR
Ministry of Environment and Forestry
General Directorate of Forestation and Erosion Control
Bestepe 06560
Ankara
US
USA United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Cooperative Forestry
National Seed Laboratory
5675 Riggins Mill Road
Dry Branch, Georgia 31020
OFFICIAL STATE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES
(Authorised to issue OECD certificates through cooperative agreement with USDA Forest Service)
Washington State Crop Improvement Association, Inc.
1610 NE Eastgate Blvd, Suite 610
Pullman, Washington 99163
(2)
in Annex II, the following section is added:
‘C. Additional conditions relating to the ‘qualified’ category of seed and planting stock produced in third countries
As regards seed or planting stock of the ‘qualified’ category, the OECD Label and the supplier’s label or document shall state whether genetic modification has been used in the production of the basic material.’.
( *1 ) CA – Canada, CH – Switzerland, HR – Croatia, NO – Norway, RS – Serbia, TR – Turkey, US – United States.’;
