
Article 1 
Decision 2003/17/EC is amended as follows:

((1)) in Article 1, the introductory part is replaced by the following:
'Field inspections concerning the seed-producing crops of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision carried out in the third countries listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to field inspections carried out in accordance with Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC and 2002/57/EC and Council Directive 2002/55/EC provided that they:’;';
((2)) Article 2 is replaced by the following:
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Article 2 
Seed of the species specified in Annex I to this Decision, produced in the third countries listed in that Annex and officially certified by the authorities listed in that Annex shall be considered equivalent to seed complying with Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC, if it satisfies the conditions laid down in point B of Annex II to this Decision.';
((3)) Article 3 is amended as follows:

((a)) paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:
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1. Where equivalent seed is “relabelled and refastened” in the Community, within the meaning of OECD Schemes for the Varietal Certification of Seed moving in International Trade, the provisions of Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC and 2002/57/EC concerning the reclosing of packages produced in the Community shall apply by analogy.The first subparagraph shall be without prejudice to the OECD rules applicable to such operations.';
((b)) in paragraph 2, point (b) is replaced by the following:
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((b)) for small EC packages within the meaning of Directives 66/401/EEC, 2002/54/EC or 2002/55/EC.';
((4)) the Annexes to Decision 2003/17/EC are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3 
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 23 October 2018.
For the European Parliament
The President
A. TAJANI
For the Council
The President
K. EDTSTADLER
ANNEX

Annexes I and II to Decision 2003/17/EC are amended as follows:

((1)) Annex I is amended as follows:

((a)) in the table, the following entries are inserted in alphabetical order:
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BR Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food SupplyEsplanada dos Ministérios, bloco D70.043-900 Brasilia-DF 66/401/EEC66/402/EEC'
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MD 
National Agency for Food Safety (ANSA)str. Mihail Kogălniceanu 63,MD-2009, Chisinau
 66/402/EEC2002/55/EC2002/57/EC'
((b)) in the footnote to the table referred to in point (a), the following terms are inserted in alphabetical order: ‘BR — Brazil,’, ‘MD —the Republic of Moldova,’;
((c)) in the footnote to that table, the term ‘HR — Croatia,’ is deleted;
((2)) Annex II is amended as follows:

((a)) in point A, paragraph 1, the following indent is added:
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— vegetable seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 2002/55/EC.';
((b)) point B is amended as follows:

((i)) in paragraph 1, first subparagraph, the following indent is added:
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— vegetable seed, in the case of the species referred to in Directive 2002/55/EC.';
((ii)) in paragraph 2.1, the following indent is inserted after the third indent:
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— Directive 2002/55/EC, Annex II,';
((iii)) paragraph 2.2 is replaced by the following:
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2.2. For the purpose of the examination to check whether the conditions set out in paragraph 2.1 have been satisfied, samples shall be taken officially or under official supervision in accordance with the ISTA Rules, and their weights shall conform to the weight stipulated under such methods, taking into account the weights specified in the following Directives:

— Directive 66/401/EEC, Annex III, columns 3 and 4,
— Directive 66/402/EEC, Annex III, columns 3 and 4,
— Directive 2002/54/EC, Annex II, second line,
— Directive 2002/55/EC, Annex III,
— Directive 2002/57/EC, Annex III, columns 3 and 4.';
((iv)) paragraph 2.3 is replaced by the following:
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2.3. The examination shall be carried out officially or under official supervision in accordance with the ISTA Rules.';
((v)) paragraph 2.4 is deleted;
((vi)) in paragraph 3.1, the second indent is replaced by the following:
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— a statement that the seed has been sampled and tested in accordance with current international methods: “Sampled and analysed in accordance with the provisions set out in the ISTA International Rules for Seed Testing with regard to Orange International Seed Lot Certificates by …, (name or member code of the ISTA seed testing station)”,';
((vii)) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:
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4.. The seed lots shall be accompanied by an ISTA Orange International Seed Lot Certificate giving the information relating to the conditions in paragraph 2.'.
