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COMMISSION DECISION
of30December1975
extendingfortheFrenchRepublicinrespectofacertainnumberofvarietiestheperiod
afterwhichseedsandpropagatingmaterialofvarietiesofagriculturalplantspeciesare
nolongersubjecttoanymarketingrestrictionsrelatingtovariety
(76/218/EEC)
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingMaterialfor
Agriculture,HorticultureandForestry,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheperiodprovidedforinArticle15(1)ofDirective
70/457/EEC,afterwhoseexpiryseedsand
propagatingmaterialofvarietiesofagriculturalplant
speciesarenolongersubjecttoanymarketing
restrictionsrelatingtovarietywithintheCommunity
asoriginallyconstituted ,shallbeextendedforthe
FrenchRepublicbeyond31December1975until
30June1976inrespectofthefollowingvarieties:THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective70/457/EECof
29September1970onthecommoncatalogueof
varietiesofagriculturalplantspecies(*),aslast
amendedbyCouncilDirective73/438/EECof
11December1973(2),andinparticularArticle15(7)
thereof,
Whereas,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsof
Articles15(1)and16oftheabovementioned
Directive,seedsorpropagatingmaterialofthese
varietiesofagriculturalplantspecieswhichhavebeen
officiallyacceptedbefore1January1974inatleast
oneoftheMemberStatesandwhichalsofulfilthe
conditions laiddownintheabovementioned
Directive,are,witheffectfrom31December1975,no
longersubjecttoanymarketingrestrictionsrelating
tovarietywithintheCommunity ;
Whereas,however,Article15(2)ofthe
abovementioned DirectiveprovidesthataMember
Statemaybeauthorizeduponapplicationtoprohibit
themarketingofseedandpropagatingmaterialof
certainvarieties;
WhereastheFrenchRepublichasrequestedbyletter
of1December1975suchauthorization foracertain
numberofthesevarieties;
Whereasthisrequestisnowbeingcarefullyexamined
bytheCommission ;whereastheCommission
has,byitsDecisionof30December1975granted
suchauthorizationforsomeofthesevarieties;where­
asitisnotpossibletocompleteexaminationofthe
othervarietieswhicharethesubjectoftherequest
beforeexpiryoftheperiodinquestion;
Whereasitconsequently seemsdesirabletoextend,
fortheFrenchRepublic,theperiodinquestionforan
appropriatetimetopermitafullexaminationofthe
request;I.FODDERPLANTS
1.DactylisglomerataL.
AslaRoskilde
BopaPajbjerg
Delamere
Ferdia
Flaxmere
HeraDæhnfeldt
Norton
RanoTrifolium
2.Festucaarundinacea Scbreb.
Rozelle
3.FestucapratensisHuds.
Mimer
4.FestucarubraL.(Ssp.rubra)
Dasas
RubinaRoskilde
TacaTrifolium(!)OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.1.
(2)OJNoL356,27.12.1973,p.79.

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5.Loliummultiflorum Lam.(Ssp.non
alternativum)Merkur
Montgomery
NavaTrifolium
Rea4n
RedisentØtofte
TendaTrifolium
TomaØtofte
VestaDæhnfeldt
12.VidafabaL.var.minor(Peterm.bull)Aberystwyth S22
Celtic
6.LoliumperenneL.
KentIndigeneous
Tailteann
7.LoliumXhybridumHausskn.
'GrasslandsAriki
GrasslandsManawa
8.PhleumpratenseL.
Astra
Bounty
Champ
Climax
Drummond
GlasnevinGem
KampeIIMarisBead
13.BrassicaoleraceaL.convar.acephala(DC)
Canson
MarrowStem
ThousandHead
Midas
II.OILANDFIBREPLANTS
Omnia
BrassicanapusL.Ssp.(DC)oleifera(Metzg)
Sinsk.
Bishop
BroadLeafEssex
EnglishGiant
ForaScots
Vanadis
9.MedicagosativaL.
AlfaII
10.PisumarvenseL.
Marathon
11.TrifoliumpratenseL.HungryGab
Matador
RapeKale
Silona
Target
LateDwarfAberystwyth S123
Aberystwyth S151
Altaswede
CornishMarl
CotswoldSingleCut
EssexSingleCut
GrasslandsTuroa
KranoPajbjergIII.CEREALS
1.AvenasativaL.
MarisOsprey

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2.HordeumdistichumL.
Canova
ImberArticle2
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,30December1975.
FortheCommission
G.M.THOMSON
MemberoftheCommission3.TriticumaestivumL.
Iseo
MarisHalberd