No L 7/24 Official Journal of the European Communities 10. 1. 89 COMMISSION DECISION of 9 December 1988 amending for the third time Decision 76/653/EEC authonzmg the Kingdom of Denmark and the French Republic to certify seed of certain species of cereals, - under special condmons (Only the Danish and the French versions of this text are authentic) " (89/6/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economnc Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 88/506/EEC (3, and in particular Article 2 (2) (d) thereof, Having regard to the requests made by the Kingdom of Denmark and the French Republic, Whereas as a general rule all cereal seed production must undergo official field inspections ; Whereas, however, the abovementioned Directive permits this obligation to be dispensed with under certain conditions for the production of seed of the categories ‘certified seed, first generation’ and ‘certified seed, second generation’ ; Whereas Commission Decision 76/653/EEC (®), as last amended by Decision 81/897/EEC (%), authorized the Kingdom of Denmark and the French Republic, until 31 ‘December 1982, to certify seed of certain species of cereals which has not undergone an official field inspection, subject to special conditions ; Whereas Council Directie 88/380/EEC (°) provides for the possibility of granting an additional period in order to acquire the necessary experience for a more general and definitive solution ; () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66. () OJ No L 274, 6. 10. 1988, p. 44. () OJ No L 229, 20. 8. 1976, p. 32. () OJ No L 327, 14. 11. 1981, p. 34. () O] No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 31. Whereas it has been established that the Kingdom of Denmark and the French Republic are able to continue - to fulfil the necessary conditions ; Whereas the requests by these two countriés should therefore be granted ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 " In Article 1 of Decision 76/653/EEC, 31 December 1982 is, replaced by ‘30 june 1989’ Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Denmark and the French Republic. Done at Brussels, 9 December» 1988. For the Commission Frans ANDRIESSEN Vice-President