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( 1 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2309/66 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 350 , 14 . 12 . 1978 , P . 27 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 162 , 23 . 6 . 1976 , P . 1 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 52 , 2 . 3 . 1979 , P . 14 .

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 19 JUNE 1979

AMENDING FIFTH DECISION 76/538/EEC ON THE EQUIVALENCE OF FIELD INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT IN THIRD COUNTRIES ON SEED-PRODUCING CROPS

( 79/578/EEC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 66/402EEC OF 14 JUNE 1966 ON THE MARKETING OF CEREAL SEED ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 78/1020/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 16 ( 1 ) ( A ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION ,

WHEREAS BY DECISION 76/538/EEC ( 3 ), AS AMENDED BY DECISION 79/234/EEC ( 4 ), THE COUNCIL DECLARED THAT FIELD INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT IN 22 THIRD COUNTRIES ON SEED-PRODUCING CROPS OF CERTAIN SPECIES SATISFY THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN THE COMMUNITY DIRECTIVES ;

WHEREAS FOR CERTAIN SPECIES THIS DECLARATION OF EQUIVALENCE RELATES ALSO TO ISRAEL ;

WHEREAS AN EXAMINATION OF THE RULES OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNTRY AND OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY ARE APPLIED HAS SHOWN THAT THE PRESCRIBED FIELD INSPECTIONS WITH REGARD TO CEREALS , EXCEPT RYE , CANARY SEED AND RICE , SATISFY THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ANNEX I TO DIRECTIVE 66/402/EEC ;

WHEREAS THE EQUIVALENCE GRANTED TO ISRAEL SHOULD BE EXTENDED TO CEREALS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :

ARTICLE 1

IN THE TABLE IN THE ANNEX TO DECISION 76/538/EEC , REFERENCE NO 4 SHALL BE SUPPLEMENTED BY THE TEXT SET OUT IN THE ANNEX TO THIS DECISION .

ARTICLE 2

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 19 JUNE 1979 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

P . MEHAIGNERIE

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ANNEX

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REFERENCE NO // COUNTRY // AUTHORITY // SPECIES // SPECIAL CONDITIONS //

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1 // 2 // 3 // 4 // 5 //

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4 // ISRAEL ( IL ) // SEED AND NURSERY STOCK INSPECTION SER- // CEREALS , EXCEPT RYE , CANARY SEED AND RICE // 1 , 3 , 4 , 5 //

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