Annexes to COM(2012)355 - Amendment of Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the inclusion of forest reproductive material of the 'qualified' category within the scope of that Decision

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dossier COM(2012)355 - Amendment of Council Decision 2008/971/EC as regards the inclusion of forest reproductive material of the 'qualified' ...
document COM(2012)355 EN
date November 21, 2012
ANNEX

Annexes I and II to Decision 2008/971/EC are amended as follows:

(1)Annex I is replaced by the following:

‘ANNEX I

Countries and authorities

Country (1)Authority responsible for the approval and control of production
CANational 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
CHFederal 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
HRCroatian Forest Research Institute – CFI
Division of Genetics, Forest Tree Breeding and Seed Science
Cvjetno naselje 41
10450 Jastrebarsko
NONorwegian Forest Research Institute
Høgskoleveien 12
N-1432 AAS

Norwegian Forest Seed Station
P.O. Box 118
N-2301 HAMAR
RSGroup 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
TRMinistry of Environment and Forestry
General Directorate of Forestation and Erosion Control
Bestepe 06560
Ankara
USUSA 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

(2)in Annex II, the following section is added:

‘C.   Additional conditions relating to the ‘qualified’ category of seed and planting stock produced in third countries

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.’.


(1) CA – Canada, CH – Switzerland, HR – Croatia, NO – Norway, RS – Serbia, TR – Turkey, US – United States.’;