5.12.2002 Official Journal of the European Communities L 328/19 I (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 2 December 2002 amending Decision 93/467[EEC authorising Member States to provide for derogations from certain provisions of Council Directive 2000/29/EC, in respect of oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached, originating in Canada or the United States of America (notified under document number C(2002) 4761) (2002/947[EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, (5)  The authorisation should therefore be extended for a further limited period, without prejudice to Commission Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Decision 2002/757EC of 19 September 2002 on provi- Community, sional emergency phytosanitary measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Community of Phytophthora ramorum Werres, De Cock & Man in 't Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000 Veld sp. nov. () 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 (6)  Decision 93/467[EEC should therefore be amended amended by Commission Directive 2002/36/EC (3, and in accordingly. particular Article 15(1) thereof, (7 The Commission will request Canada and the United Having regard to the request made by Germany, States of America to supply the technical information necessary to continue monitoring the functioning of the Whereas: protective measures required under the technical condi- tions. (1) Pursuant to the provisions of Directive 2000/29/EC, oak (Quercus L) logs with bark attached, originating in North (8)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accor- American countries, may not, in principle, be introduced dance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on into the Community because of the risk of introducing Plant Health, Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt., the cause of oak wilt. (2)  Commission Decision 93/467/EEC (*), as last amended by Decision 2000/780/EC (*), authorises derogations for HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: oak (Quercus L.) logs with bark attached originating in Canada and the United States of America provided that special conditions are satisfied. . Article 1 (3)  The authorisation provided for in the Decision expires on 31 December 2002. Decision 93/467 [EEC is amended as follows: 1. in Article 3, ‘31 December 2002" is replaced by ‘31 (4)  The circumstances justifying the authorisation still December 2004" obtain. 2. in Annex [, part 7, 2000/780/EC’ is replaced by ‘93/467] L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1. . \ L 116, 3.5.2002, . 16. EEC, as amended by Decision 2002/947 [EC. () o] () O] () OJL 217, 27.8.1993, p. 49. () OJ L 309, 9.12.2000, p. 35. () OJ L 252, 20.9.2002, p. 37.