16. 5. 84 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 130/27 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 24 April 1984 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to adopt, when introducing into its territory plants or plant products, special plant health provisions laid down for home-grown production of certain fruit plants intended for planting (Only the German text is authentic) (84/248/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 81/7/EEC (3), and in particular Article 18 (2) thereof, Whereas under Article 11 (1) of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants, plant products or other objects are not subject, at the time of their introduction into the territory of a Member State from another Member State, to prohibi- tions or restrictions relating to plant health measures, except where provided for in that Directive ; Whereas, under Article 18 (2) of the abovementioned Directive, the Member States may be authorized to adopt, when introducing into their territory plants or plant products, special plant health provisions in so far as such measures are also laid down for home-grown production ; () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. () O] No L 14, 16. 1. 1981, p. 23. Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany by the Verordnung zur Bekimpfung von Viruskrankheiten im Obstbau of 26 July 1978 (Bundesgesetzblatt, part I, p. 1120), as amended by Verordnung of 22 November 1979 (Bundesgesetzblatt, part I, p. 1948) has intro- duced special plant health measures for the marketing of certain fruit plants intended for planting; Whereas those measures seem appropriate to control certain harmful organisms, known to occur in the Federal Republic, at the lowest possible level and to prevent their spread; Whereas they can be effective only where they are not restricted to home-grown production ; Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany should therefore be authorized to apply the measures also to products introduced into its territory from other Member States ; Whereas this authorization is without prejudice to a possible future Community certification scheme for fruit-plant propagating material, and should therefore be limited in time, subject to possible extension, should the Community certification scheme not yet be defined at the time of expiry of the authorization ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health,