EUR-Lex - 31976D0433 - EN

ARTICLE 1

1 . MEMBER STATES ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED , ON THE TERMS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX HERETO AND ON CONDITION THAT THE PROOF SPECIFIED IN ARTICLE 2 IS FURNISHED WITH REGARD TO THE PLACE OF PROVENANCE OF THE SEED AND THE ALTITUDE AT WHICH IT WAS COLLECTED , TO APPROVE FOR MARKETING WITHIN THEIR OWN TERRITORY SEED SATISFYING LESS STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS .

2 . MEMBER STATES ARE FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE FOR MARKETING IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY SEED APPROVED FOR MARKETING UNDER THIS DECISION IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE .

3 . MEMBER STATES ARE FURTHER AUTHORIZED TO APPROVE FOR MARKETING IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY PLANTS PRODUCED FROM THE ABOVEMENTIONED SEED .

ARTICLE 2

1 . THE PROOF REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE FURNISHED WHERE THE SEED IS OF THE CATEGORY " SOURCE-IDENTIFIED REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL " AS DEFINED IN THE OECD SCHEME FOR THE CONTROL OF FOREST REPRODUCTIVE MATERIAL MOVING IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF 30 MAY 1967 .

2 . WHERE THE OECD SCHEME REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 1 IS NOT USED AT THE PLACE OF PROVENANCE OF THE SEED , OTHER OFFICIAL EVIDENCE SHALL BE ADMISSIBLE .

3 . WHERE OFFICIAL EVIDENCE CANNOT BE PROVIDED IN THE CASE OF THE SPECIES LARIX LEPTOLEPIS , PICEA SITCHENSIS , PINUS STROBUS AND PSEUDOTSUGA TAXIFOLIA , MEMBER STATES MAY ACCEPT OTHER , NON-OFFICIAL , EVIDENCE .

ARTICLE 3

AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) , WHICH CONCERN THE FIRST MARKETING IN THE TERRITORY OF DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES , SHALL EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1976 . AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 1 ( 1 ) , WHICH DO NOT CONCERN THE FIRST MARKETING , AND AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED UNDER ARTICLE 1 ( 2 ) , SHALL EXPIRE ON 31 DECEMBER 1981 .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION CANCELS ALL AUTHORIZATIONS GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION IN THE FOLLOWING DECISIONS IN RESPECT OF THE FIRST MARKETING OF FORESTRY SEED WITHIN THE DIFFERENT MEMBER STATES :

71/197/EEC OF 6 MAY 1971 , 71/269/EEC OF 5 JULY 1971 ( 4 ) , 71/270/EEC OF 5 JULY 1971 ( 5 ) , 72/85/EEC OF 14 JANUARY 1972 ( 6 ) , 72/186/EEC OF 19 APRIL 1972 ( 7 ) , 72/188/EEC OF 19 APRIL 1972 ( 8 ) , 73/153/EEC OF 23 MAY 1973 ( 9 ) , 74/505/EEC OF 17 SEPTEMBER 1974 ( 10 ) , AND 75/301/EEC OF 18 APRIL 1975 ( 11 ) .

ARTICLE 5

MEMBER STATES SHALL BEFORE 31 JANUARY 1977 NOTIFY THE COMMISSION OF THE QUANTITIES OF SEED SATISFYING LESS STRINGENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH ARE FIRST MARKETED IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY UNDER THIS DECISION . THE COMMISSION SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES THEREOF .

ARTICLE 6

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 26 MARCH 1976 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

P . J . LARDINOIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION

ANNEX : SEE O.J . N L 122 OF 8 . 5 . 76