Commission Implementing Decision of 28 November 2011 authorising certain Member States to provide for temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of seed potatoes originating in certain provinces of Canada (notified under document C(2011) 8633) (Only the Greek, Italian, Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish texts are authentic) (2011/778/EU)

Article 1 U.K.

1. Greece, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Malta and Portugal are authorised to provide for derogations from:

(a) Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC, as regards the prohibition referred to in point 10 of Part A of Annex III to that Directive;

(b) Article 5(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC and the third indent of Article 13(1)(i) of that Directive, as regards the special requirements referred to in points 25.2 and 25.3 of Section I of Part A of Annex IV to that Directive.

2. The authorisation to provide for derogations referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply:

(a) to seed potatoes of the varieties ‘Atlantic’, ‘Donna’, ‘Kennebec’, ‘Russet Burbank’, ‘Sebago’ and ‘Shepody’, originating in the provinces of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island in Canada (‘the seed potatoes’);

(b) to seed potatoes that satisfy the conditions provided for in Articles 2 to 13 in addition to the requirements laid down in Annexes I, II and IV to Directive 2000/29/EC;

(c) for the potato-marketing seasons from 1 December to 31 March each year until 31 March 2014.