Decision 2005/834

law://eu/dec/2005/834@2026-11-13

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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^note, 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 1Field 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 2Seed 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.

Country^note	Authority responsible for carrying out checks	Directives
AR	Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, PESCA y Alimentación, Buenos Aires	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/57/EC
AU	Australian Seeds Authority, Victoria	66/401/EEC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC
BG	Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Sofia	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC
CA	Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Ottawa	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/57/EC
CH	Eidgenössische Forschungsanstalt für Agrarökologie und Landbau (FAL) Zürich Station Fédérale de Recherches en Production Végétale de Changins (RAC), Nyon	2002/55/EC
CL	Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero, Santiago	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/57/EC
CS	National Laboratory for Seed Testing, Novi Sad	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/57/EC
GB^note	Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA)EastbrookShaftesbury RoadCambridgeCB2 8DU	66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/54/EC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC
HR	Institute for Seed and Seedlings, Osijek	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/57/EC
IL	Ministry of Agriculture Bet-Dagan	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC
JP	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, 1-2-1 Kumigaseki, Chiyodaku, Tokyo	2002/55/EC
KR	Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Vegetables Division, Seoul	2002/55/EC
MA	Ministère de l’agriculture et de la mise en valeur agricole, Rabat	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC
NZ	Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Wellington	66/401/EEC
RO	Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Bucharest	2002/57/EC
TW	Council of Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Department, Taipei	2002/55/EC
US	United States Department of Agriculture, Beltsville, Maryland	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC
UY	Ministerio de Ganadería, Agricultura y PESCA, Montevideo	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/54/EC2002/57/EC
ZA	Department of Agriculture, Pretoria (Tshwane)	66/401/EEC66/402/EEC2002/57/EC

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