No L 134/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 23. 5. 85 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 26 April 1985 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC (85/262/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest reproductive material (*), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Greece, and in particular Article 15 (1) thereof, Having regard to the requests submitted by certain Member States, Whereas production of reproductive material of the species set out in the Annex hereto is at present insuf- ficient in all Member States, with the result that their _ requirements for reproductive material conforming to the provisions of Directive 66/404/EEC cannot be met ; Whereas non-member countries are not in a position to supply sufficient reproductive material of the rele- vant species which can afford the same guarantees as Community reproductive material and which conforms to the provisions of the abovementioned Directive ; Whereas the Member States should therefore be autho- rized to permit, for a limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of the relevant species which satisfies less-stringent requirements ; Whereas, for genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin within the natural (") OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2326/66. range of the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees should be given to ensure the identity of the material ; Whereas each of the Member States should further- more be authorized to permit the marketing in its own territory of seed which satisfied less-stringent require- ments, together with plants produced therefrom, the marketing of which has been permitted under this Decision in another Member State ; whereas, such a measure is likely to permit intra-Community trade in the relevant reproductive material and to satisfy better the needs of the Member States involved ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Matenal for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 1. Member States are hereby authorized, on the terms set out in the Annex hereto and on condition that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of provenance of the seed and the altitude at which it was collected, to permit the marketing within their territory of seed satisfying less- stringent requirements. 2. Member States are further authorized to permit the marketing in their own territory of seed approved for marketing under this Decision in another Member State.