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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-249/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2003/249",
  "legislation_title": "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 Chile (notified under document number C(2003) 1184) (2003/249/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-249",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 9 April 2003\nauthorising 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 Chile\n(notified under document number C(2003) 1184)\n(2003/249/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community, as last amended by Commission Directive 2003/22/EC, and in particular Article 15(1) thereof,\nHaving regard to the request made by France,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nUnder Directive 2000/29/EC, plants of strawberry (Fragaria L.), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in non-European countries, other than Mediterranean countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the continental states of the United States of America, may not in principle be introduced into the Community. However, that Directive permits derogations from that rule, provided that it is established that there is no risk of spreading harmful organisms.\n(2)\nIn Chile, the multiplication of plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than seeds, from plants supplied by a Member State, has become an established practice. The plants produced are afterwards exported to the Community to be planted for fruit production.\n(3)\nSince the 2001 season, by Commission Decisions 2000/700/EC and 2002/316/EC, derogations from certain provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of plants of Fragaria L., intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Chile have been authorised for limited periods and subject to specific conditions.\n(4)\nThe circumstances justifying those derogations are still valid, and there is no new information giving cause for revision of the specific conditions.\n(5)\nThe Member States should therefore be authorised to provide for derogations, for certain limited periods and subject to specific conditions.\n(6)\nThat authorisation to provide for derogations should be terminated if it is established that the specific conditions laid down in this Decision are not sufficient to prevent the introduction of harmful organisms into the Community or have not been complied with.\n(7)\nThe measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 78, 25.3.2003, p. 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 287, 14.11.2000, p. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ L 113, 30.4.2002, p. 32."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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