Council Decision of 16 December 2008 on the equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in third countries (2008/971/EC)

[F1ANNEX I U.K.

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Countries and authorities

a

CA – Canada, CH – Switzerland, [F2HR – Croatia,] NO – Norway, RS – Serbia, TR – Turkey, US – United States.]

Country a Authority responsible for the approval and control of production
CA

National Forest Genetic Resources Centre/Centre national des ressources génétiques forestières

Natural Resources Canada/Ressources naturelles Canada

Canadian Forest Service-Atlantic/Service canadien des forêts -Atlantique

P.O. Box 4000,

FREDERICTON, NB E3B 5P7

CH

Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN)

Department of the Environment, Transport, Energy and Communications (UVEK)

Forest Division

Federal Plant Protection Service

Zürcherstraße 111

CH-8903 BIRMENSDORF

[ F2 ]
NO

Norwegian Forest Research Institute

Høgskoleveien 12

N-1432 AAS

Norwegian Forest Seed Station

P.O. Box 118

N-2301 HAMAR

RS

Group for Forest Reproductive Material and Genetic Resources Directorate for Forest

Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management

Ministry of AFW — Directorate for Forest

Omladinskih brigada 1

Novi Beograd

TR

Ministry of Environment and Forestry

General Directorate of Forestation and Erosion Control

Bestepe 06560

Ankara

US

USA United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service

Cooperative Forestry

National Seed Laboratory

5675 Riggins Mill Road

Dry Branch, Georgia 31020

OFFICIAL STATE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES

(Authorised to issue OECD certificates through cooperative agreement with USDA Forest Service)

Washington State Crop Improvement Association, Inc.

1610 NE Eastgate Blvd, Suite 610

Pullman, Washington 99163

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ANNEX IIU.K.

A.Conditions relating to seed produced in third countriesU.K.

1.Seed shall be officially certified as being derived from approved basic material and the packages closed in accordance with national rules for the application of the OECD Forest seed and plant scheme. An official OECD Label shall be attached to each seed lot and accompanied by either a copy of the official OECD Certificate of Provenance or a document from the supplier giving all the information contained in the official OECD Certificate of Provenance, together with the name of the supplier.U.K.

2.In the case of seeds, the OECD label or supplier’s document shall also include the following additional information assessed, as far as possible, by internationally accepted techniques:U.K.

(a)

purity: the percentage by weight of pure seed, other seed and inert matter of the product marketed as a seed lot;

(b)

the germination percentage of pure seed, or, where the germination percentage is impossible or impractical to assess, the viability percentage assessed by reference to a specified method;

(c)

the weight of 1 000 pure seeds;

(d)

the number of germinable seeds per kilogram of product marketed as seed, or, where the number of germinable seeds is impossible or impractical to assess, the number of viable seeds per kilogram.

3.By way of derogation to paragraph 2, the additional information referred to therein concerning seed testing procedures using internationally accepted techniques may be provided by the supplier importing seed before it is first marketed in the Community.U.K.

4.In order to make seed of the current year’s crop rapidly available, seed may be marketed by the supplier importing it, as far as the first buyer, without having to fulfil the requirements of paragraphs 2(b) and 2(d). The supplier importing that material must state as soon as possible that he respects the requirements under paragraphs 2(b) and 2(d).U.K.

5.Requirements of paragraphs 2(b) and 2(d) do not apply in the case of small quantities of seed, as defined by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2301/2002 of 20 December 2002, laying down detailed rules for the application of Council Directive 1999/105/EC as regards the definition of small quantities of seed(1).U.K.

6.Seed lots shall reach a minimum species purity level of 99 %. However, in the case of closely related species, excluding artificial hybrids, the species purity of the fruit or seed lot, where it does not reach 99 %, shall be stated on the suppliers label or document.U.K.

7.By way of derogation to paragraph 1, seed in appropriate quantities may be derived from non-approved basic material:U.K.

(a)

for tests, scientific purposes or genetic conservation;

(b)

where seed units are clearly shown not to be intended for forestry purposes.

B.Conditions relating to planting stock produced in third countriesU.K.

1.The production of the planting stock shall take place in a nursery registered with the third country authorities set out in Annex I to this Decision or under the official supervision of these authorities, in the third country. An OECD label shall be attached to each consignment and accompanied either by a copy of the official OECD Certificate of Provenance or a document from the supplier giving all information contained in the official OECD Certificate of Provenance and the name of the supplier.U.K.

2.Planting stock shall comply with the requirements laid down in Annex VII, Part D, to Directive 1999/105/EC.U.K.

3.Planting stock to be marketed to the end-user in regions having a Mediterranean climate shall comply with the requirements laid down in Annex VII, Part E, to Directive 1999/105/EC.U.K.

[F3C. Additional conditions relating to the ‘qualified’ category of seed and planting stock produced in third countries U.K.

As regards seed or planting stock of the ‘ qualified ’ category, the OECD Label and the supplier’s label or document shall state whether genetic modification has been used in the production of the basic material.]

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