Decision No 1105/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC by extending its period of application and by updating the names of a third country and of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production Text with EEA relevance
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Decision 2003/17/EC is hereby amended as follows: (1) Article 4 is deleted; (2) Article 5 is deleted; (3) in Article 6, the date ‘31 December 2012’ is replaced by the date ‘31 December 2022’; (4) Annex I is replaced by the text set out in 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.
ANNEX ‘ANNEX I COUNTRIES, AUTHORITIES AND SPECIES Country ( *1 ) Authority Species referred to in the following Directives 1 2 3 AR Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE) Av. Paseo Colón 922, 3 Piso 1063 BUENOS AIRES 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC AU Australian Seeds Authority Ltd PO Box 187 LINDFIELD, NSW 2070 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC CA Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Seed Section, Plant Health & Biosecurity Directorate 59 Camelot Drive, Room 250, OTTAWA, ON K1A 0Y9 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC CL Ministerio de Agricultura Servicio Agricola y Ganadero, División de Semillas Casilla 1167, Paseo Bulnes 140 — SANTIAGO DE CHILE 2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC HR State Institute for Seed and Seedlings, Vinkovacka Cesta 63 31000 OSIJEK 2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC IL Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Plant Protection and Inspection Services PO Box 78, BEIT-DAGAN 50250 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC MA D.P.V.C.T.R.F. Service de Contrôle des Semences et Plants BP 1308 RABAT 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC NZ Ministry for Primary Industries, 25 “The Terrace” PO Box 2526 6140 WELLINGTON 2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC RS Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Plant Protection Directorate Omladinskih brigada 1, 11070 NOVI BEOGRAD The Ministry of Agriculture has authorised the following institutions to issue OECD certificates: National Laboratory for Seed Testing Maksima Gorkog 30 — 21000 NOVI SAD Maize Research Institute “Zemun Polje” Slobodana Bajica 1 11080 ZEMUN, BEOGRAD 2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC TR Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Variety Registration and Seed Certification Centre Gayret mah. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bulvari No 62 PO Box 30 06172 Yenimahalle/ANKARA 2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC US USDA — Agricultural Marketing Service Seed Regulatory & Testing Branch 801 Summit Crossing, Suite C, GASTONIA NC 28054 2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC UY Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE) Cno. Bertolotti s/n y Ruta 8 km 29 91001 PANDO — CANELONES 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC ZA National Department of Agriculture, c/o S.A.N.S.O.R. Lynnwood Ridge, PO Box 72981, 0040 PRETORIA 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC — only in respect of Zea mays and Sorghum spp. 2002/57/EC ( *1 ) AR — Argentina, AU — Australia, CA — Canada, CL — Chile, HR — Croatia, IL — Israel, MA — Morocco, NZ — New Zealand, RS — Serbia, TR — Turkey, US — United States, UY — Uruguay, ZA — South Africa’.
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