Council Decision 2003/17/EC provides that, under certain conditions, field inspections carried out on certain seed-producing crops in the listed third countries are to be considered equivalent to field inspections carried out in accordance with Union law and that, under certain conditions, the seed of certain species of fodder plants, cereal, beet, and oil and fibre plants produced in those countries is to be considered equivalent to seed produced in accordance with Union law.
Foráiltear le Cinneadh 2003/17/CE ón gComhairle go ndéanfar, faoi imthosca áirithe, cigireachtaí allamuigh arna ndéanamh ar bharraí áirithe táirgthe síolta sna tríú tíortha a liostaítear a mheas mar chigireachtaí is coibhéiseach leo siúd arna ndéanamh i gcomhréir le dlí an Aontais agus go ndéanfar, faoi imthosca áirithe, an síol arna tháirgeadh ag speicis áirithe plandaí farae, plandaí gránach, plandaí biatais, maille le síol arna tháirgeadh ag plandaí ola agus plandaí snáithín, arna dtáirgeadh sna tíortha sin, a mheas mar shíol is coibhéiseach le síol arna tháirgeadh i gcomhréir le dlí an Aontais.