No L 163/30 Official  Journal of the European Communities 14. 6. 89 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COUNCIL COUNCIL DECISION of 29 -May 1989 amending the Seventh Decision, 85/355/EEC, on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and. the . Seventh Decision, 85/356/EEC, on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (89/368/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/100/EEC (3), and in particular Article 16 (1) (b) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed(®), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/2/EEC (%), and in particular - Article 16 (1) (b)-thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil: and fibre plants (%), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC (¥), and in particular Article 15 (1) (b) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas, in its Decision 85/355/EEC (7), as last amended . by Commission Decision 89/357/EEC ()), the Council determined that field inspections carried out in certain third countries on seed-producing crops of. certain species satisfied the conditions laid down —in Directive 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC and 69/208/EEC; Whereas in its Decision 85/356/EEC (°), as last amended by Commission. Decision 89/357/EEC, the Council () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2298/66. () OJ No L 38, 10. 2. 1989, p. 36. F) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66. % O No L 5, 7. 1. 1989, p. 31. () OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3. (9 OJ No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 31. () OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1985, p. 1. % OJ No L 151, 3. 6. 1989, p. 36. 57) OJ No L 155, 26. 7. 1985, p. 20. determined that seed of certain species . produced in certain third countries was equivalent to corresponding seed produced in the Community; ' Whereas it has since been established that in Uruguay also there are rules on seed control for a range of plant species, which include provision for official field inspections to be carried out during the period of seed. production ; Whereas an examination of the said rules and of the manner in which they are applied in Uruguay has shown ' that for certain species, the prescribed field inspections satisfied the conditions laid down in-Annex I to Directive 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC or 69/208/EEC, as the case may be, and the conditions governing seed harvested and. controlled there afforded, as regards the seed’s characte- ristics, namely identity, examination, marking and control, the ~same assurances as do the conditions applicable to such seed harvested and controlled within the Community; Whereas Uruguay should therefore be  granted equivalence in respect of certain species, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Annex to Decision 85/355/EEC is hereby amended- as follows : 1. In Part I (1), point 1.1, the entry ‘U = Uruguay’ is- inserted after the entry ‘TR = Turkey’ 2. In the table in Part I (2) the following item is inserted after the item relating to Turkey: