17.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 341/69 COMMISSION DECISION of 16 December 2002 on the continuation of Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting mate- rial of Prunus domestica under Council Directive 92/34/EEC (Text with EEA relevance) (2002/983/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 92/34/EEC of 28 April 1992 on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants, intended for fruit production ('), as last amended by Commission Decision 2002/112/EC (3), Having regard to Commission Decision 2001/896/EC of 12 December 2001 setting out the arrangements for Community comparative trials and tests on propagating and planting mate- rial of fruit plants under Council Directive 92/34/EEC (), and in particular Article 2 thereof, Whereas: (1) Decision 2001/896/EC sets out the arrangements for the comparative trials and tests to be carried out under Directive 92/34/EEC as regards Prunus domestica from 2002 to 2006. 0J L 157, 10.6.1992, p. 10. () OJ L 41, 13.2.2002, p. 44. 0] L 331, 15.12.2001, p. 95. in 2003, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article Community comparative trials and tests which began in 2002 on propagating and planting material of Prunus domestica shall be continued in 2003 in accordance with Decision 2001/896/ EC. Done at Brussels, 16 December 2002. For the Commission David BYRNE Member of the Commission