Introductory text
United Kingdom
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/2242
of 9 December 2016
providing for the temporary marketing of seed of Hordeum vulgare L. variety Scrabble, not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC
(notified under document C(2016) 8106)
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seedf1, and in particular Article 17(1) thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
In Spain the quantity of available certified seed second generation of Hordeum vulgare L. satisfying the condition of point 1(A) of Annex II to Directive 66/402/EEC as regards minimum purity of seeds is insufficient due to problems that occurred during the production process of the last year and is therefore not adequate to meet the needs of that Member State.
(2)
The demand of such seed cannot be satisfied by seed from other Member States or from third countries, fulfilling all requirements laid down in Directive 66/402/EEC.
(3)
Consequently, Spain should be authorised to permit the marketing of seed of that variety subject to less stringent requirements.
(4)
In addition, other Member States which are in position to supply Spain with seed of that variety, irrespective of whether the seed was harvested in a Member State or in a third country covered by Council Decision 2003/17/ECf2, should be authorised to permit the marketing of such seed to ensure the functioning of the internal market and avoid its disruption.
(5)
As this Decision introduces a derogation from the standards of the Union rules, it is appropriate to limit the quantity of seed complying with less stringent requirements to a minimum necessary to meet the needs of Spain. In order to ensure that the total quantity of seed authorised to be placed on the market pursuant to this Decision does not exceed the maximum quantity covered by this Decision, it is appropriate that Spain act as coordinator as it has submitted the respective request for the adoption of this Decision and is mostly concerned by the marketing of that variety.
(6)
As providing for derogation from the standards of the Union rules, the marketing of seed complying with less stringent requirements should be temporary until 31 December 2018, because this time is necessary to allow the production of that seed and a review of the situtation with regards to the variety concerned.
(7)
The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Annotations
Footnotes
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Council Decision 2003/17/EC 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 (OJ L 8, 14.1.2003, p. 10).