Derudover bør andre medlemsstater, som er i stand til at forsyne Finland med frø af disse arter, bemyndiges til at tillade handel med sådanne frø, uanset om disse er høstet i en medlemsstat eller et tredjeland, der er omfattet af Rådets beslutning 2003/17/EF af 16. december 2002 om ligestilling af markinspektioner af afgrøder til formering af udsæd i tredjelande og om ligestilling af frø produceret i tredjelande [3].
In addition, other Member States irrespective of whether the seed was harvested in a Member State or in a third country covered by Council Decision 2003/17/EC of 16 December 2002 on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and the equivalence of seed produced in third countries [3] which are in a position to supply Finland with seed of that species, should be authorised to permit the marketing of such seed.