19. 4. 88 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 100/41- COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 5 April 1988 recognizing certain Member States or re free from Quadraspidiotus gions of certain Member States as being perniciosus (San José Scale) (88/222/EEC) 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 Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products ('), as last amended by Directive 87/298/EEC (), and in particular Annex I, part B (8) and Annex IV, part A (14a), second indent, thereof, Whereas under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants of certain genera or species, other than fruit, seeds and parts of plants used for decoration. originating or coming from countries or, in the case of certain Member States, regions other than those recognized as being free trom Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale), may not be introduced in certain Member States from 16 April to 30 September, in the case of origin in the Northern Hemisphere ; Whereas, under other provisions of the same Directive, plants of the same genera or species, other than fruit, seeds and parts of plants used for decoration, which originate in regions recognized as being free from the aforementioned harmful organism, may be introduced into other Member States without being subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against that - organism ; Whereas official information supplied or confirmed by the Member States has enabled the Commission to identify certain Member States or regions of certain Member States as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus ; Whereas these Member States or regions should therefore be recognized as being free from that harmful organism ; - Whereas consequently plants originating in and coming from those Member States or regions are no longer subjected to the aforementioned seasonal prohibition of introduction ; ' () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. () OJ No L 151, 11. 6. 1987, p. 1. Whereas moreover plants originating in these Member States or regions are no longer subjected to fumigation or other appropriate treatment against Quadraspidiotus perniciosus ; Whereas, however, the information relating to Spain is still under examination; whereas the regions of this Member State which are to be recognized as being free from that harmful organism will therefore be specified at a later stage; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, ' HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The following Member States or regions of Member States are recognized as being free from Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (San José Scale): ' 1. Belgium ; 2. Denmark ; 3. in respect of Germany, the Linder: — Baden-Wiirttemberg, with the exception of the districts : : — Stadtkreis Baden-Baden, — Kreis Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, — Kreis Emmendingen, — Stadtkreis Freiburg, — Stadt- und Landkreis Karlsruhe, — Lérrach, — Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis, — Rhein-Neckar-Kreis, — Ortenaukris, — Kireis Rastatt,