NoL147/43 15.6.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of10May1977
authorizingtheItalianRepublictopermittemporarilythemarketingofseed
notcomplyingwithrequirements ofCouncilDirective66/401/EEC
(77/397/EEC)
marketinginitsterritoryofamaximumof300tonnes
oftallfescueseed(FestucaarundinaceaSchreb.)ofthe
category'certifiedseedofthefirstgeneration'ofvarie­
tiesnotincludedintheCommoncatalogueofvarie­
tiesofagriculturalplantspeciesorinitsnationalcata­
loguesofvarietiesorinthecategory'commercial
seed'.Theofficiallabelshallstate:'intendedexclu­
sivelyforItaly'.
2.TheItalianRepublicisauthorizedtopermitfor
aperiodexpiringon31July1977themarketingin
itsterritoryofamaximumof100tonnesofwhite
cloverseed(Trifoliumrepensvar.giganteum)ofthe
category'certifiedseedofthefirstgeneration'ofvarie­
tiesnotincludedintheCommoncatalogueofvarie­
tiesofagriculturalplantspeciesorinitsnationalcata­
loguesofvarieties.Theofficiallabelshallstate:
'intendedexclusivelyforItaly'.
Article2
TheotherMemberStatesareauthorizedtopermit,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddowninArticle1,the
marketingintheirterritoriesofamaximumof300
tonnesoftallfescueseed(Festucaarundinacea
Schreb.)and100tonnesofwhitecloverseed(Trifo­
liumrepensvar.giganteum)providedthatsuchseedis
intendedexclusivelyforItaly.Theofficiallabelshall
state:'intendedexclusivelyforItaly'.
Article3
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission
before1December1977ofthequantitiesofseed
marketedintheirterritoriespursuanttothisDecision.
TheCommission shallinformtheotherMember
Statesthereof.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective66/401/EECof14
June1966onthemarketingoffodderplantseed('),
aslastamendedbyCouncilDirective75/444/EECof
26June1975(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestmadebytheItalian
Republic,
WhereasinItalytheproductionoftallfescueseed
andwhitecloverseedcomplyingwithrequirementsof
thesaidDirectivehasbeeninsufficientin1976andis
notadequatetosupplytheneedsofthatcountry;
Whereasithasnotbeenpossibletocovertheseneeds
sufficientlyby'certifiedseed'fromotherMember
Statesorevenfromthirdcountriesofvarieties
includedintheCommoncatalogueofvarietiesofagri­
culturalplantspeciesorincludedinthenationalcata­
loguesofvarietiesoftheItalianRepublic;
WhereastheItalianRepublicshouldthereforebeauth­
orizedtopermit,foraperiodexpiringon30
September1977inthecaseoftallfescueandon31
July1977inthecaseofwhiteclover,themarketing
ofseedoftheabovementioned speciesofvarietiesnot
includedintheCommoncatalogueofvarietiesofagri­
culturalplantspeciesorincludedinthenationalcata­
loguesofvarietiesoftheItalianRepublic,and,with
regardtotallfescue,alsoseedsofthecategory
'commercialseed';
Whereasitappearsalsodesirabletoauthorizeother
MemberStateswhichareabletosupplytheItalian
Republicwiththisseednotcomplyingwithrequire­
mentsoftheDirectivetopermitthemarketingof
suchseedprovidedthatitisintendedexclusivelyfor
Italy;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingforAgriculture,
HorticultureandForestry,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.TheItalianRepublicisauthorizedtopermitfor
aperiodexpiringon30September1977theDoneatBrussels,10May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(l)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2298/66.0OJNoL196,26.7.1975,p.6.