27. 8. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 217/49 COMMISSION DECISION of 19 July 1993 authorizing Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC, in respect of oak (Quercus L) logs with bark attached, originating in Canada or t};e United States of America. (93/467/BEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, - Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful - to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ('), as last amended by Directive 93/19/EEC (3, and in particular Article 14 (3) thereof, Having fegard to the requests made by Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Luxem- bourg, Portugal and the Netherlands, Whereas, under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, oak (Quercus L) logs with bark attached, originating in Canada or the United States of America, may, in prin- ciple, not be introduced into the Community because of the risk of introducing Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt,, the cause of oak wilt; Whereas the Commission has established, on the basis of the information available at present, that, in respect of both Canada and the United Statets of America, the risk of spreading Cetocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt is obviated provided that special conditions are satisfied ; Whereas, however the seasonal shipment facilities for oak wood belonging to the white oak group are justified only in those parts of the Community where potential vectors of Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt have little or no activity during the winter, i. in areas north of 45° latitude ; Whereas the Commission will ensure that Canada and the - United States of America make available all technical information necessary to monitor the functioning of the protective measures required under the aforementioned technical conditions ; : ' ' Whereas the measures provided for in Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, o L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. N No L 96, 22. 4. 1993, p. 33. HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 1. Member States are hereby authorized, with effect from 1 June 1993, to provide, under the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, for derogations from Article § (1) and the third indent of Article 12 (1) (a) of Directive 77/93/EEC, with regard to the requirements referred to in Part A, Section I, item 3 of Annex IV for oak (Quercus L) logs with bark attached, originating in ‘Canada or the - United States of America. 2. The following conditions shall be satisfied : (a) each log shall, (i) where it originates in Canada, either — be fumigated and so identified in accordance with the provisions laid down in Annex I, or — be marked, in the area of origin and under the supervision of officials of ‘Agriculture Canada’, with a sign which is suitable to ensure the Canadian origin of the log, and has been approved by ‘Agriculture Canada’; (i) where it originates in the United States of America, be fumigated and so identified in accordance with' thé provisions laid down in Annex I; in the case of logs originating in the United States of America, but to be dispatched via Canadian ports of shipment, all or part of the measures to be undertaken under Annex I by the official  plant protection organization concerned may be carried out by ‘Agriculture Canada’; (b) without prejudice to the provisions laid down in (c), the logs may be imported into the Community only via the following ports of unloading : — Amsterdam, — Marseilles, — Anwerp, — Naples, - — Arhus, — Nordenham, — Bilbao, — Oporto, — Bremen, - — Piraeus, — Bremerhaven, — Ravenna, — Copenhagen, — Rostock, — Hamburg, . — Rotterdam, — Lauterborg, —— Salerno, — Leghorn, — Stralsund, — Le Havre, — Valencia, — Lisbon, — Wismar.