# Commission Decision of 9 April 2003 authorising Member States to provide for temporary derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (notified under document number C(2003) 1183) (2003/248/EC), Article 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Member States are authorised to provide for derogations from Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC, with regard to the prohibitions referred to in point 18 of Part A of Annex III, to that Directive for plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (hereinafter referred to as the plants).
The authorisation to provide for derogations, as provided for in paragraph 1 (hereinafter referred to as ‘ the authorisation ’ ), shall be subject, in addition to the conditions laid down in Annexes I, II and IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, to the conditions provided for in the Annex to this Decision, and shall only apply to the plants that are introduced into the Union in the period from 1 June to 30 September of each year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/248/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-248/article-1
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