No L 23/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 29. 1. 91 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 January 1991 amending Commission Decision 90/525/EEC of 11 October 1990 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC (91/44/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty estabhshmg the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest reproductive mate- rial (!), as last amended by Directive 88/332/EEC (3, and in particular Article 15 thereof, Whereas Commission Decision 90/525/EEC of 11 October 1990 (°) authorizes Member States to permit the marketing of certain forest reproductive materials not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC in their territory for a period expiring, as far as first marketing is concerned, on 30 November 1991 and, in the other cases, on 31 December 1993; Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has requested authorization to permit in the same periods the marketing in its territory of seedlings of Quercus robur L. produced in the territory of the former German Democratic Repu- blic from seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance ; Whereas, for genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin which the natural range of the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees should be given to ensure the identity of the material ; 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, () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2326/66. () OJ No L 151, 17. 6. 1988, p. 82. () OJ No L 292, 24. 10. 1990, p. 22. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The following Article is introduced after Article 1 of Decision 90/525/EEC of the Commission of 11 October 1990 : ‘Article 1a The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby autho- rized, on condition that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of provenance of the seed, to permit the marketing in its territory of seedlings of Quercus robur L, produced from seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance, under the following conditions : (1) the seedlings must come from stands in the terri- tory of the former German Democratic Republic ; (ii) the number  of seedlings must not exceed 10 000 000 ; (iii) the authorization, in so far as it concerns the first marketing, shall expire on 30 November 1991 and, in so far it does not concern the first marke- -ting, shall expire on 31 December 1993’ "Article 2 This decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 16 Jaﬁuary 1991. For the Commission Ray MAC SHARRY Member of the Commission