9. 4. 94 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 92/27 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 94/13/EC of 29 March 1994 amending Directive 77/93/EEC on protective measures against the introduction into the Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products and against their spread within the Community THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ('), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parli- ament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (%), Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1911/91 of 26 June 1991 on the application of the provisions of Community law to the Canary Islands (*) integrates the Canary Islands into the Community’s customs territory and into the common policies ; whereas, under Articles 2 and 10 of that Regulation, application of the common agricultural policy is subject to the entry into force of specific supply arrangements ; whereas such application must also be accompanied by specific measures concer- ning agricultural production ; Whereas Council Decision 91/314/EEC of 26 June 1991 setting up a programme of options specific to the remote and insular nature of the Canary Islands (Poseican) (%) outlines the options to be implemented to take account of the specific problems and constraints faced by the Islands ; Whereas these measures involve the adaptation of Direc- tive 77/93/EEC(Y) to accommodate the specific plant health situation in the Canary Islands and to extend the application of certain measures of that Directive for a- period expiring six months after the date by which Member States must have implemented forthcoming provisions dealing with the Annexes to the Directive for the protection of the French overseas departments and of the Canary Islands; Whereas it has become necessary to adapt the provisions relating to the derogations from the general rules () OJ No C 97, 6. 4. 1993, p. 13. () O] No C 255, 20. 9. 1993, p. 242. () OJ No C 201, 26. 7. 1993, p. 31. () OJ No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 284/92 (O] No L 31,7. 2. 1992, p. 6). () O No L 171, 29. 6. 1991, p. . () OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. Directive as last amended by Directive 92/103/EEC (O] No L 363, 11. 12. 1992, p. 1). provided for in Article 14 of Directive 77/93/EEC to the objectives of the ‘internal market; whereas it is accor- dingly necessary to amend Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 10 and 12 of the said Directive ; Whereas the provisions concerning additional require- ments, referred to in Article 11 of Directive 77/93/EEC, are no longer compatible with the rules of the internal market, and should therefore be repealed, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Directive 77/93/EEC is hereby amended as follows : 1. Article 1 shall be amended as follows : (a) In paragraph 2 the words ‘the Canary Islands’ shall be deleted. (b) The following paragraph shall be added after para- graph 3: ‘3a  This Directive shall also concern protective measures against the introduction of harmful orga- nisms into the Canary Islands from other parts of Spain and, conversely, into other parts of Spain from the Canary Islands. (c) In paragraph 4 the words ‘and in the Canary Islands’ shall be inserted after the words ‘French overseas departments’. (d) The following paragraphs shall be added after para- graph 6: ‘7. In respect of the protective measures against the introduction of harmful organisms from the French overseas departments into other parts of France and into the other Member States and against their spread within the French overseas departments, the dates referred to in Articles 1 (5), 3 (4), 4 (2) (a) and (4), 5 (2) and (4), 6 (4), (5) and (9), 10 (1), (2) (b) and (5) and 12 (6), (7) and (8) of this Directive shall be replaced by a date which corres- ponds to the end of a six-month period following the date by which Member States must implement forthcoming provisions dealing with Annexes I to V to Directive 77/93/EEC for the protection of the French overseas departments. With effect from the same date paragraphs (3) and (4) shall be repealed.