Legal provisions of COM(2024)517 -

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document COM(2024)517
date October 31, 2024


Article 1
Amendments to Decision 2008/971/EC

Decision 2008/971/EC is amended as follows:

(1) in Article 1, the first paragraph is replaced by the following:

‘This Decision determines the conditions under which forest reproductive material of the ‘source identified’, ‘selected’, ‘qualified’ and ‘tested’ categories produced in a third country listed in Annex I shall be imported into the Union.’;

(2) in Article 3, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Seed and planting stock of the ‘source identified’, ‘selected’, ‘qualified’ and ‘tested’ categories of species and artificial hybrids thereof listed in Annex I to Directive 1999/105/EC, produced in the third countries listed in Annex I to this Decision and officially certified by the third country authorities listed in that Annex, shall be considered equivalent to seed and planting stock complying with Directive 1999/105/EC, provided that the conditions laid down in Annex II to this Decision are met.’;

(3) Annexes are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2
Entry into force and application

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

It shall apply from 1 January 2025.