No L 16/16 Official Journal of the European Communities 19. 1. 94 COMMISSION DECISION of 13 January 1994 amending the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (94/21/EC) 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 Commission Directive 92/19/EEC (?), and in particular Article 16 (1)(b) thereof, Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/355/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed- producing crops (%), as last amended by Commission Decision 93/416/EEC (¥}, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Having regard to the Seventh Council Decision 85/356/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries (°), as last amended by Deci- sion 93/416/EEC, and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas, in Decision 85/355/EEC, the Council deter- mined that field inspections carried out in certain third countries on seed-producing crops of certain species satisfy the conditions laid down in the Community direc- tives ; Whereas, in Decision 85/356/EEC, the Council deter- mined that seed of certain species produced in certain third countries is equivalent to corresponding seed produced in the Community; Whereas for certain species these determinations include New Zealand ; Whereas an examination of the rules of New Zealand and of the manner in which they are applied has shown that, in respect of meadow fescue, the prescribed field inspec- tions satisfy the conditions laid down in Annex I to Directive 66/401/EEC and the conditions governing seed harvested and controlled there afford the same assurances, as regards the seed’s characteristics, identity, examination, () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2298/66. () OJ No L 104, 22. 4. 1992, p. 6l. () O] No L 195, 26. 7. 1985, p. 1. (9 OJ No L 187, 29. 7. 1993, p. 59. () OJ No L 195, 26. 7. 1985, p. 20. marking and control as do the conditions applicable to such seed harvested and controlled within the Commu- nity ; Whereas the existing equivalence for New Zealand should therefore be extended accordingly ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horti- culture and Forestry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/355/EEC is hereby amended by inserting in Column 3 of the section relating to New Zealand the species Festuca pratensis Hudson’ after the species Festuca arundinacea’ Article 2 The table in Part I (2) of the Annex to Decision 85/356/EEC is hereby amended by inserting in' Column 3 of the section relating to New Zealand the species ‘Festuca pratensis Hudson’ after the species Festuca arundinacea’ Article 3 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 13 January 1994. For the Commission René STEICHEN Member of the Commission