S.L. 433.30 Art. 24Equivalence. 

(1) Seeds harvested in a third country must afford the same assurances as seeds harvested within the European Union with respect to their characteristics and the arrangements for its examination, for ensuring identity, for marking and for control. In such case, the seeds shall be equivalent in these respects to seeds harvested within the European Union and complying with the provisions of these regulations.

(2) The provisions contained in Council Decision 2003/17/ EC on the equivalence of field inspections carried out in third countries on seed-producing crops and on the equivalence of seed produced in third countries and in Council Decision 2005/834/EC on the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in certain third countries and amending Decision 2003/17/ EC shall apply in case of third countries referred to in such Decisions.