21. 10. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 253/33 COMMISSION DECISION of 13 October 1995 authorizing Member States to permit temporarily the marketing of forest reproductive material not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/404/EEC (95/423/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/404/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of forest reproductive mate- rial ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 15 thereof, Having regard to the requests submitted by certain Member States, Whereas production of reproductive material of the species set out in the Annex is at present insufficient in all Member States for which the Council has stated the equivalence of the reproductive material there harvested, with the result that their requirements for reproductive material conforming to the provisions of Directive 66/404/BEEC cannot be met; Whereas third countries are not in a position to supply sufficient reproductive material of the relevant species which can afford the same guarantees as Community reproductive material and which conforms to the provi- sions of the abovementioned Directive ; Whereas the Member States should therefore be autho- rized to permit, for a limited period, the marketing of reproductive material of the relevant species which satis- fies less stringent requirements to cover the shortage of reproductive material satisfying the requirements of Dirzctive 66/404/EEC ; Whereas, for genetic reasons, the reproductive material must be collected at places of origin within the natural range of the relevant species and the strictest possible guarantees should be given to ensure the identity of the material ; Whereas, furthermore, reproductive material should be marketed only if it is accompanied by a document bearing certain details of the reproductive material in question ; Whereas each of the Member States should furthermore be authorized to permit the marketing in its territory of seed which satisfy less stringent requirements in respect of provenance, as laid down in Directive 66/404/EEC, if () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2326/66. the marketing of such material has been authorized in the other Member States pursuant to this Decision ; 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 1. Member States are authorized to permit the mar- keting in their territory of seed satisfying less stringent requirements in respect of provenance, as laid down in Directive 66/404/EEC, on the terms set out in the Annex hereto and on condition that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished with regard to the place of prove- nance of the seed and the altitude at which it was collected. 2. Member States are authorized to permit the mar- keting in their territory of plants produced in the Community from the abovementioned seed. Article 2 1. The proof referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be deemed to be furnished where the reproductive material is of the category ‘source-identified reproductive material’ as defined in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) scheme for the control of forest reproductive material moving in international trade, or of another category defined in that scheme. 2. Where the OECD scheme referred to in paragraph 1 is not used at the place of provenance of the reproductive material, other official evidence shall be admissible. 3.  Where official evidence cannot be provided, Member States may accept other non-official evidence. Article 3 The Member States other than the applicant Member States are also authorized to permit, on the terms set out in the Annex and for the purposes intended by the appli- cant Member States, the marketing in their territory of the seeds authorized to be marketed pursuant to this Deci- sion.