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 WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/EEC/73 
17 November 2004 
 
 (04-4947) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:  English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:   EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):         
2. Agency responsible:   European Commission 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, e-mail and web-site 
addresses, if available) of  agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be  indicated if different from above:    
European Commission,  
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43,  E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [  X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:         
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in  addition, where applicable):   Seed of winter varieties 
of rye ( Secale cereale)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:   Draft Commission 
Decision providing for the temporary marketing of certain seed of the species 
Secale cereale  not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC, (5 pages, 
in English) 
6. Description of content:   The Decision authorizes the Member States to permit the 
marketing seed of winter rye ( Secale cereale ) subject to less stringent requirements. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:   In 
Latvia the quantity of available seed of winter varieties of rye ( Secale cereale ) suitable to 
the national climatic conditions and which satisfies the requirements of 
Directive 66/402/EEC in respect of the presence of the harmful organism Claviceps purpurea  is insufficient and therefore not ad equate to meet the needs of the 
Member State.  Moreover, it is not possible to meet the demand for seed of that species 
satisfactorily with seed from other Member St ates or from third countries, while satisfying 
all the requirements laid down in Directive 66/402/EEC.  Accordingly, Latvia should be 
authorized to permit the marketing of seed of that species subject to less stringent 
requirements for a period expiring on 30 November  2004.  In addition, other Member States 
which are in a position to supply Latvia with s eed of that species should be authorized to 
permit the marketing of such seed. G/TBT/N/EEC/73 
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The urgency of the measure is due to the short time period between the seed certification 
exercise, when the shortage was identified, and the sowing season. 
8. Relevant documents:   doc. SANCO/2913/04rev1 
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:   }15 November 2004 
10. Final date for comments:   - 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [    ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresses, if available of the other body:   
European Commission, 
EC-TBT Enquiry Point, Fax:  0032 2 299 80 43, E-mail:  ec-tbt@cec.eu.int
 
 