7.8.90 ~ Official ‘Journal of the European Communities No L 208/29 - COUNCIL DECISION of 27 July 1990 amending Decision 81/956/EEC on the equivalence of seed potatoes produced in third countries (90/403/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having tegard to the Treaty éstablishing the European- Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed potatoes (), as last amended by Directive 89/366/EEC (3, and in particular Article 15 (1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, by Decision 81/956/EEC (}), as amended by Decision 88/573/EEC (¥, the Council declared that seed potatoes harvested and- officially controlled in Austria and Switzerland afforded the same assurances as those harvested and controlled within the Community ; Whereas the validity of that equivalence expires on 30 June 1990; Whereas it has been shown that the conditions on which the Community findings were based at the outset are still fulfilled as regards the standards and procedures appli- cable to the-certification of seed potatoes in Austria and Switzerland ; () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2320/66.: () OJ No L-159, 10. 6. 1989, p. 59. () OJ No L 351, 7. 12. 1981, p. 1. () OJ No L 313, 19. 11. 1988, p. 44. Whereas it is therefore appropriate to: extend the validity of the equivalence for a further five years, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 In Article 2 of Decision 81/956/EEC ‘30 June 1990’ is hereby replaced by ‘30 June 1995 Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 27 July 1990. " For the Council The President E. RUBBI