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Council Decision of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/17/EC)Text with EEA relevance
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Council Decision of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (2003/17/EC)Text with EEA relevance
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COUNCIL DECISION of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 008 14.1.2003, p. 10) |
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DECISION (EU) 2018/1674 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 23 October 2018 |
L 284 |
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12.11.2018 |
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COUNCIL DECISION
of 16 December 2002
on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2003/17/EC)
Article 1
Field inspections concerning the seed-producing crops of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision 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 and Council Directive 2002/55/EC ( 1 ) 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 to this Decision, 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, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC, if it satisfies the conditions laid down in point B of Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3
1. Where equivalent seed is ‘relabelled and refastened’ in the Community, within the meaning of OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade, the provisions of Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC concerning the reclosing of packages produced in the Community shall apply by analogy.
The first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the OECD rules applicable to such operations.
2. Where relabelling and refastening in the Community of equivalent seed is necessary, EC labels shall be used only:
(a) if seeds produced in Member States and seeds of the same variety and category produced in third countries are blended in order to improve the germination capacity, provided that:
— the blend is homogeneous, and
— the label mentions each country of production; or
(b) for small EC packages within the meaning of Directives 66/401/EEC, 2002/54/EC or 2002/55/EC.
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Article 6
This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2003 to ►M6 31 December 2022 ◄ .
Article 7
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I
COUNTRIES, AUTHORITIES AND SPECIES
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Country (1) |
Authority |
Species referred to in the following Directives |
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AR |
Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE) Av. Paseo Colón 922, 3 Piso 1063 BUENOS AIRES |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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AU |
Australian Seeds Authority Ltd PO Box 187 LINDFIELD, NSW 2070 |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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BR |
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply Esplanada dos Ministérios, bloco D 70.043-900 Brasilia-DF |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC |
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CA |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Seed Section, Plant Health & Biosecurity Directorate 59 Camelot Drive, Room 250, OTTAWA, ON K1A 0Y9 |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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CL |
Ministerio de Agricultura Servicio Agricola y Ganadero, División de Semillas Casilla 1167, Paseo Bulnes 140 — SANTIAGO DE CHILE |
2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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IL |
Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development Plant Protection and Inspection Services PO Box 78, BEIT-DAGAN 50250 |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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MA |
D.P.V.C.T.R.F. Service de Contrôle des Semences et Plants BP 1308 RABAT |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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MD |
National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA) str. Mihail Kogălniceanu 63, MD-2009, Chisinau |
66/402/EEC 2002/55/EC 2002/57/EC |
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NZ |
Ministry for Primary Industries, 25 ‘The Terrace’ PO Box 2526 6140 WELLINGTON |
2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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RS |
Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Plant Protection Directorate Omladinskih brigada 1, 11070 NOVI BEOGRAD The Ministry of Agriculture has authorised the following institutions to issue OECD certificates: National Laboratory for Seed Testing Maksima Gorkog 30 — 21000 NOVI SAD Maize Research Institute ‘Zemun Polje’ Slobodana Bajica 1 11080 ZEMUN, BEOGRAD |
2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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TR |
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Variety Registration and Seed Certification Centre Gayret mah. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bulvari No 62 PO Box 30 06172 Yenimahalle/ANKARA |
2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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US |
USDA — Agricultural Marketing Service Seed Regulatory & Testing Branch 801 Summit Crossing, Suite C, GASTONIA NC 28054 |
2002/54/EC 66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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UY |
Instituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE) Cno. Bertolotti s/n y Ruta 8 km 29 91001 PANDO — CANELONES |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC 2002/57/EC |
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ZA |
National Department of Agriculture, c/o S.A.N.S.O.R. Lynnwood Ridge, PO Box 72981, 0040 PRETORIA |
66/401/EEC 66/402/EEC — only in respect of Zea mays and Sorghum spp. 2002/57/EC |
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(1) AR — Argentina, AU — Australia, ►M8 BR — Brazil, ◄ CA — Canada, CL — Chile, ►M8 HR — Croatia, ◄ IL — Israel, MA — Morocco, ►M8 MD — the Republic of Moldova, ◄ NZ — New Zealand, RS — Serbia, TR — Turkey, US — United States, UY — Uruguay, ZA — South Africa. |
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ANNEX II
A. Conditions relating to field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops
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Field inspections shall be carried out in accordance with national rules for the application of the OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade as follows: — sugar beet and fodder beet seed, in the case of Beta vulgaris referred to in Directive 2002/54/EC, — grass and legume seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/401/EEC, — crucifer seed and other oil and fibre species seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directives 66/401/EEC and 2002/57/EC, — cereal seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC, other than Zea mays and Sorghum spp., — maize and sorghum seed, in the case of Zea mays and Sorghum spp. referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC, — vegetable seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 2002/55/EC. |
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Seed not finally certified shall be packed in officially closed packages which bear a special label provided for this purpose by the OECD. |
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Seed not finally certified shall be accompanied, without prejudice to the certificate provided by the OECD schemes, by an official certificate giving the following information: — reference number of the seed used to sow the field, and name of the Member State or third country which certified that seed, — area cultivated, — quantity of seed, — the attestation that the conditions that have to be satisfied by the crops from which the seed comes have been fulfilled. |
B. Conditions relating to seed produced in third countries
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Seed shall be officially certified and its packages officially closed and marked in accordance with national rules for the application of the OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade as follows; the seed lots shall be accompanied by the certificates required under those OECD schemes: — sugar beet and fodder beet seed, in the case of Beta vulgaris referred to in Directive 2002/54/EC, — grass and legume seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/401/EEC, — crucifer seed and other oil or fibre species seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directives 66/401/EEC and 2002/57/EC, — cereal seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC, other than Zea mays and Sorghum spp., — maize and sorghum seed, in the case of Zea mays and Sorghum spp. referred to in Directive 66/402/EEC, — vegetable seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 2002/55/EC. Moreover, seed shall satisfy the conditions of Community rules other than those relating to varietal identity and varietal purity. |
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2. |
Seed shall satisfy the following conditions.
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Seed shall satisfy the following additional conditions in respect of package marking.
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The seed lots shall be accompanied by an ISTA Orange International Seed Lot Certificate giving the information relating to the conditions in paragraph 2. |
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In the case of basic seed of varieties which are exclusively maintained within the Community, the seed of the preceding generations shall have been produced within the Community. In the case of basic seed of other varieties, the seed of the preceding generations shall have been produced under the responsibility of the persons responsible for the maintenance breeding, referred to in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species either within the Community or in a third country which has been granted, under Decision 97/788/EC ( 2 ), the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries. |
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For certified seed of all generations, seed of the previous generations shall have been produced and officially controlled and certified: — either within the Community, or — in a third country which has been granted equivalence under this Decision for the production of basic seed of the species concerned, provided that it has been produced from seed produced in accordance with paragraph 5. |
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In the case of Canada and the United States of America, by way of derogation from: — points 2.2 and 2.3, — point 3.1, second indent, and — point 4, sampling, testing and issue of seed analysis certificates may be carried out by officially recognised seed testing laboratories according to the rules of the AOSA. In this case: — the following statement shall be given under paragraph 3.1: ‘Sampled and analysed according to AOSA rules by …’ (name or initials of the officially recognised seed testing laboratory), and — the certificates required under paragraph 4 shall be issued by the officially recognised seed testing laboratory under the responsibility of the Authorities listed in Annex I. |
( 1 ) Council Directive 2002/55/EC of 13 June 2002 on the marketing of vegetable seed (OJ L 193, 20.7.2002, p. 33).
( 2 ) OJ L 322, 25.11.1997, p. 39. Decision as last amended by Decision 2002/580/EC (OJ L 184, 13.7.2002, p. 26).