EUR-Lex - 31976D0539 - EN

ARTICLE 1

1 . IT IS HEREBY DECLARED THAT SEED HARVESTED IN THE COUNTRIES LISTED IN THE ANNEX AND OFFICIALLY CONTROLLED BY THE AUTHORITIES LISTED THEREIN , IN RESPECT OF EACH PRODUCER COUNTRY AND BELONGING TO THE SPECIES AND CATEGORIES SPECIFIED THEREIN , SHALL BE EQUIVALENT TO SEED OF THE CORRESPONDING CATEGORIES HARVESTED WITHIN THE COMMUNITY AND COMPLYING WITH DIRECTIVE 66/400/EEC , 66/401/EEC , 66/402/EEC OR 69/208/EEC , IN SO FAR AS THE SPECIAL CONDITIONS SET OUT IN THE ANNEX ARE FULFILLED .

2 . SEED WHICH HAS NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY INSPECTED BY AN AUTHORITY OF THE PRODUCER COUNTRY SHALL ALSO BE EQUIVALENT WITHIN THE MEANING OF PARAGRAPH 1 IN SO FAR AS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ARE FULFILLED :

• THE SEED HAS BEEN HARVESTED EITHER IN A COUNTRY REFERRED TO IN ONE OF THE COUNCIL DECISIONS CONCERNING THE EQUIVALENCE OF FIELD INSPECTIONS OF SEED HARVESTS CARRIED OUT IN THIRD COUNTRIES , OR IN THE COMMUNITY ;

• THE OFFICIAL FIELD INSPECTION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT EITHER BY AN AUTHORITY REFERRED TO IN ONE OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DECISIONS FOR THE COUNTRY AND FOR THE SPECIES CONCERNED , OR IN THE COMMUNITY ;

• THE OFFICIAL INSPECTION HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT BY AN AUTHORITY REFERRED TO IN THE ANNEX FOR THE SPECIES CONCERNED AND BELONGING TO THE COUNTRY WHERE THE SEEDS OF THE PREVIOUS GENERATION WERE CERTIFIED AS SEEDS OF A CATEGORY EQUIVALENT TO BASIC SEED .

ARTICLE 2

TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS TO BE MADE TO THE ANNEX , WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE CONCERNING COLUMNS 2 AND 4 OF THE TABLE IN THE ANNEX , SHALL BE ADOPTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROCEDURE LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 21 OF DIRECTIVES 66/400/EEC , 66/401/EEC AND 66/402/EEC AND IN ARTICLE 20 OF DIRECTIVE 69/208/EEC .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION SHALL APPLY FROM 1 JULY 1976 TO 30 JUNE 1980 .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 17 MAY 1976 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

J . HAMILIUS

ANNEX : SEE OJ NO L 162 OF 23 . 6 . 1976 .