{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17/annex-I",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17/annex-I.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2003/17",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-17",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "COUNTRIES, AUTHORITIES AND SPECIES\nAR — Argentina, AU — Australia, BR — Brazil, CA — Canada, CL — Chile, HR — Croatia, IL — Israel, MA — Morocco, MD — the Republic of Moldova, NZ — New Zealand, RS — Serbia, TR — Turkey, UA — Ukraine, US — United States, UY — Uruguay, ZA — South Africa.\nCountry\nAuthority\nSpecies referred to in the following Directives\n1\n2\n3\nAR\nInstituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE)\nAv. Paseo Colón 922, 3 Piso\n1063 BUENOS AIRES\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nAU\nAustralian Seeds Authority Ltd\nPO Box 187\nLINDFIELD, NSW 2070\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nBR\nMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply\nEsplanada dos Ministérios, bloco D\n70.043-900 Brasilia-DF\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\nCA\nCanadian Food Inspection Agency, Seed Section, Plant Health & Biosecurity Directorate\n59 Camelot Drive, Room 250, OTTAWA, ON K1A 0Y9\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nCL\nMinisterio de Agricultura\nServicio Agricola y Ganadero, División de Semillas\nCasilla 1167, Paseo Bulnes 140 — SANTIAGO DE CHILE\n2002/54/EC\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nIL\nMinistry of Agriculture & Rural Development\nPlant Protection and Inspection Services\nPO Box 78, BEIT-DAGAN 50250\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nMA\nD.P.V.C.T.R.F.\nService de Contrôle des Semences et Plants\nBP 1308 RABAT\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nMD\nNational Agency for Food Safety (ANSA)\nstr. Mihail Kogălniceanu 63,\nMD-2009, Chisinau\n66/402/EEC\n2002/55/EC\n2002/57/EC\nNZ\nMinistry for Primary Industries,\n25 ‘The Terrace’\nPO Box 2526\n6140 WELLINGTON\n2002/54/EC\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nRS\nMinistry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management Plant Protection Directorate\nOmladinskih brigada 1, 11070 NOVI BEOGRAD\nThe Ministry of Agriculture has authorised the following institutions to issue OECD certificates:\nNational Laboratory for Seed Testing\nMaksima Gorkog 30 — 21000 NOVI SAD\nMaize Research Institute ‘Zemun Polje’\nSlobodana Bajica 1\n11080 ZEMUN, BEOGRAD\n2002/54/EC\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nTR\nMinistry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs,\nVariety Registration and Seed Certification Centre\nGayret mah. Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bulvari No 62\nPO Box 30\n06172 Yenimahalle/ANKARA\n2002/54/EC\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nUA\nMinistry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine\nKhreshchatyk str., 24, 01001, KYIV\n66/402/EEC\nUS\nUSDA — Agricultural Marketing Service\nSeed Regulatory & Testing Branch\n801 Summit Crossing, Suite C, GASTONIA NC 28054\n2002/54/EC\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nUY\nInstituto Nacional de Semillas (INASE)\nCno. Bertolotti s/n y Ruta 8 km 29\n91001 PANDO — CANELONES\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC\n2002/57/EC\nZA\nNational Department of Agriculture,\nc/o S.A.N.S.O.R.\nLynnwood Ridge, PO Box 72981, 0040 PRETORIA\n66/401/EEC\n66/402/EEC — only in respect of Zea mays and Sorghum spp.\n2002/57/EC",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Decision No 1105/2012/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC by extending its period of application and by updating the names of a third country and of the authorities responsible for the approval and control of the production (Text with EEA relevance)."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Deleted by Decision (EU) 2018/1674 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2018 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Federative Republic of Brazil on fodder plant seed-producing crops and cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of fodder plant seed and cereal seed produced in the Federative Republic of Brazil, and as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in the Republic of Moldova on cereal seed-producing crops, vegetable seed-producing crops and oil and fibre plant seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed, vegetable seed and oil and fibre plant seed produced in the Republic of Moldova."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Inserted by Decision (EU) 2020/1544 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 October 2020 amending Council Decision 2003/17/EC as regards the equivalence of field inspections carried out in Ukraine on cereal seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of cereal seed produced in Ukraine."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 adapting certain regulations and decisions in the fields of free movement of goods, freedom of movement for persons, company law, competition policy, agriculture, food safety, veterinary and phytosanitary policy, transport policy, energy, taxation, statistics, trans-European networks, judiciary and fundamental rights, justice, freedom and security, environment, customs union, external relations, foreign, security and defence policy and institutions, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "AR — Argentina, AU — Australia, BR — Brazil, CA — Canada, CL — Chile, HR — Croatia, IL — Israel, MA — Morocco, MD — the Republic of Moldova, NZ — New Zealand, RS — Serbia, TR — Turkey, UA — Ukraine, US — United States, UY — Uruguay, ZA — South Africa."
    }
  ],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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