2000/568/EC: Commission Decision of 8 September 2000 amending Decision 96/301/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document number C(2000) 2531)

• Published date: 22 September 2000
• Subject Matter: Plant health legislation
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 238, 22 September 2000

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2000/568/EC: Commission Decision of 8 September 2000 amending Decision 96/301/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt (notified under document number C(2000) 2531)

Official Journal L 238 , 22/09/2000 P. 0059 - 0060

Commission Decision

of 8 September 2000

amending Decision 96/301/EC authorising Member States temporarily to take emergency measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt

(notified under document number C(2000) 2531)

(2000/568/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having 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(1), and in particular Article 16(3) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Where a Member State considers that there is an imminent danger of the introduction into its territory of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith, the cause of potato brown rot, from a third country, it may temporarily take any additional measures necessary to protect itself from that danger.

(2) In 1996, on the basis of continued interceptions of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith in potatoes originating in Egypt, several Member States - France, Finland, Spain and Denmark - adopted measures to implement a ban on potatoes originating in Egypt, with a view to ensuring more efficient protection against the introduction of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith from Egypt into their respective territories.

(3) The Commission, by Decision 96/301/EC(2), required Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards Egypt. Furthermore as a result of unacceptable numbers of interceptions of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith on imports of potatoes originating in Egypt during the import season 1996/97 and 1997/98, Decision 96/301/EC was amended and further strengthened by Decision 98/105/EC(3) and again by Decision 98/503/EC(4), with the result that the import into the Community of potatoes originating in Egypt was banned except where the potatoes originated in pest free areas established in accordance...