25.2.2000 Official Journal of the European Communities L 52/41 COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 15 February 2000 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on seeds and propagating material of certain plants under Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 66/403/EEC and 69/208/EEC (notified under document number C(2000) 370) (Text with EEA relevance) (2000/165EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (), as last amended by Directive 98/96/EC (?), and in particular Article 20(3) 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 1999/54/EC (%), and in particular Article 20(3) thereof, Having regard to Council Directive 66/403/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of seed potatoes (°), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/742EC (), and in particular Article 14(4) 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 98/96EC, and in particular Article 19(3) thereof, Whereas: (1) The above mentioned Directives provide for the neces- sary arrangement to be made for Community compara- tive trials and tests of seed and propagating material to be carried out. (2) It is essential to ensure the adequate representation of the samples included in the trials and tests at least for certain selected plants. Member States should participate 1 () O] 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2298/66. () O] L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27. () O] 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2309/66. (% O] L 142, 5.6.1999, p. 30. () O] 125, 11.7.1966, p. 2320/66. (9 O] L 297, 18.11.1999 p. 39. () O] L 169, 10.7.1969, p. 3. 6 7! in the Community comparative trials and tests, in so far as seed of the abovementioned plants are usually repro- duced or marketed in their territories, in order to ensure that proper conclusion may be drawn therefrom. The Commission is responsible for making the necessary arrangements for the Community comparative trials and tests. The detailed technical arrangements for the carrying out of the trials and tests have been made within the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry. The arrangements for the trials and tests also cover, inter alia, certain harmful organisms which come within the scope of Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into Member States of organisms harmful to plants or plant products (}) as last amended by Commission Directive 1999/53/EC () (Community Plant Health Regime). Community comparative trials and tests should be carried out during 1999 to 2001 on seeds and propa- gating material harvested in 1999 and the general arrangements for such trials and tests should also be set out. The measures provided for in this decision are in accord- ance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticul- ture and Forestry, 31.1.1977, p. 20. 2 5.6.1999, p. 29.