No L 51/34 Official Journal of the European Communities 27. 2. 90 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE of 19 February 1990 amending Directive 86/547/EEC amending Annex III B to Council Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES; Having regard to the Treaty establlshmg the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the intro- duction into the Member States of organisms harmful to - plants or plant: products ('), as last.amended by Directive 89/439/EEC (%), and. in particular . the first indent of Article 13 (2) thereof, Having regard to the requests made by Greece, Spain, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom, Whereas Directive 77/93/EEC laid down protective measures against the introduction into the Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products ; whereas those measures include measures to be taken by Member States in respect of plants, plant products and other objects coming from third countries; Whereas certain Member States have stricter measures in respect of those plants and plant products; Whereas those stricter measures include, in the requesting Member States, certain restrictions applicable to certain products originating in a third country; Whereas, by Commission Directive - 86/547/EEC (), Annex III. B to Directive 77/93/EEC was amended so that the Member States concerned could also impose the relevant prohibitions where the products concerned, origi- nating in a third country, come from. other. Member . States ; whereas these amendments were only interim protective measures lasting for a period of three years; () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. ) O] No L 212, 27. 7. 1989, p. 106. () O] No L 323, 18. 11. 1986, p. 2. (90/80/EEC) Whereas that period was allotted for the Commission to study these protective measures in relation to the plant health situation existiang in the various third countries concerned, in order to arrive, at the end of the period, at more permanent provisions ; Whereas it appears impossible to finalize this study within the period originally alloted by Directive 86/547/EEC; whereas this period should be extended - accordingly ;. Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, _ HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 In. Article 3 of Directive 86/547/EEC, ‘31 December 1989’ is hereby replaced by ‘31 December 1990’. Article 2 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 19 February 1990. For -the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission