29.7.93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 187/59 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 June 1993 amending the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and the " Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (93/416/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ('), as last mended by Commission Directive 93/2/EEC (3, Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed- producing crops (), as last amended by Council Decision 92/221/EEC (¥), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries(®), as last amended by Council Decision 92/221/EEC, and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas, in Decision 85/355/EEC, the Council deter- mined that field inspections carried out in dcetain third countries on seed-producing crops of certain species satisfy the conditions laid down in the Community Direc- tives ; Whereas, in Decision 85/356/EEC, the Council deter- mined that seed of certain species produced in certain third countries is equivalent to corresponding seed produced in the Community ; Whereas for certain species these determinations include New Zealand ; Whereas an examination of the rules of New Zealand and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that, in respect of maize, the prescribed field inspections satisfy the conditions laid down in Annexes I, II and III to Directive 66/402/EEC and the conditions governing seed harvested and controlled there afford the same assurances, as regards the seed’s characteristics, identity, examination, marking and control as do the conditions applicable to () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66. () OJ No L 54, 5. 3. 1993, p. 20. () OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1985, p. 1. () OJ No L 107, 24. 4. 1992, p. 34. () OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1985, p. 20. such seed harvested and controlled within the Commu- nity ; Whereas the existing equivalence for New Zealand should therefore be extended accordingly; ' 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, Horti- culture and Forestry, HAS ADOF’TED THIS DECISION : Article 1 In the table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/355/EEC the species Zea mays’is hereby added after the species Triticum durum’in column 3 of the entry relating to New Zealand. Article 2 . In the table in Part 1 (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/356/EEC the species Zea mays’is hereby added after the species Triticum durum’in column 3 of the entry relating to New Zealand. Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 17 June 1993. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission