L 341/68 Official Journal of the European Communities 17.12.2002 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 2002 on the continuation of Community comparative trials and tests on propagating material of orna- mental plants of Chamaecyparis, Ligustrum vulgare and Euphorbia fulgens under Council Directive 98]56/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/982/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (2)  Tests and trials carried out in 2002 should be continued Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 98/56/EC of 20 July 1998 on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental plants (Y, Having regard to Commission Decision 2001/898/EC of 12 December 2001 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating material of orna- mental plants under Council Directive 98/56/EC (3, and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1) Decision 2001/898/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Directive 98/56/EC as regards ornamental plants of Chamaecyparis, Ligustrum vulgare and Euphorbia fulgens from 2002 to 2004. () OJ L 226, 13.8.1998, p. 16. () OJ L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 101. in 2003, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2002 on propagating material of ornamental plants of Chamaecyparis, Ligustrum vulgare and Euphorbia fulgens shall be continued in 2003 in accordance with Decision 2002/898/EC. Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission