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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 (2005/834/EC)
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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(1), 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.
Done at Brussels, 8 November 2005.
For the Council
The President
G. Brown
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