9.3.95 Official Joumal of the European Communities No L 53/35 COMMISSION DECISION of 28 February 1995 amending Decision 93/411/EEC authorizing Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC in respect of plants of strawberry (Fragaria L), intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina (95/53/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 intro- duction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community ('), as last amended by Council Directive 94/13/EC (3, and in particular Article 14 (1) thereof, Having regard to the request made by the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, Whereas, under the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC, plants of strawberry (Fragarsia L., intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in non-European countries, other than Mediterranean countries, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the continental states of the USA, may, in principle, not be introduced into the Community; Whereas Commission Decision 93/411/EEC (®) permits derogations for plants of strawberry (Fragaria L. intended for planting, other than seeds, originating in Argentina, provided certain conditions are satisfied ; Whereas Decision 93/411/EEC stipulated that the author- ization.should apply until 31 December 1994 ; Whereas there is no new information giving cause for revision of the conditions ; Whereas the circumstances justifying the authorization still obtain ; () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. () OJ No L 92, 9. 4. 1994, p. 27. () OJ No L 182, 24. 7. 1993, p. 63. Whereas the authorization should therefore be extended for a further limited period; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Plant Health, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 Decision 93/411/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. In Article 1.2 (b), second indent, ‘93/411/EEC is replaced by ‘95/53/EC ; 2. In Article 4, ‘31 December 1994 is replaced by ‘31 December 1996’. Article 2 This Decision is addressed to the Member States. " Done at Brussels, 28 February 1995. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission