6. 10. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities L2731 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 9 September 1997 detailing an interim test scheme for the diagnosis, detection and identification of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith in potatoes (971647/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 December 1976 on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ('), as last amended by Directive 97/14/EC (%), and in particular Article 15 (3) thereof, Whereas in  Commission Decision 95/506/EC  of 24  November 1995 authorizing Member States temporarily to take additional measures against the dissemination of Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as regards the Kingdom of the Netherlands(?), as last amended by Decision 96/599/EC (%), and in particular Article 1 paragraph 2 (a) (bb) thereof, when L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. L 87, 2. 4. 1997, p. 17. L 291, 6. 12. 1995, p. 48. L 265, 18. 10. 1996, p. 18. Member States carry out official or officially supervised testing of potatoes they are required to use quarantine procedure No 26 for Pseudomonas solanacearum (Smith) Smith as established by the European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization (EPPO)(’) or some other procedure approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 16a of Directive 77/93/EEC; Whereas the ad hoc Expert Committee on Bacterial Diseases of Plants set up by the services of the Commission of the European Communities under the auspices of the Standing Committee on Plant Health has determined the details of an interim test scheme which takes account of improved detection and testing procedures developed since the publication of EPPO quarantine procedure No 26; whereas this test scheme is interim since further research is anticipated especially on the sensitivity and specificity of individual tests with the aim of selecting and standardizing the optimum tests available for inclusion in an updated test method; Whereas the interim test scheme provided for in this Decision is in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, (*) Bulletin EPPO/OEPP 20, 255—262 (1990).