17.4.75 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL96/9
COMMISSION DECISION
of19March1975
authorizingtheKingdomoftheNetherlands topermit,foraperiodwhich
expireson30April1975,themarketingofseedofspringwheatnotcomplying
withtherequirements setoutintheCouncilDirectiveonthemarketingof
cerealseed
(OnlytheDutchtextisauthentic)
(75/218/EEC)
seedofsomevarietiesofspringwheatsatisfyingless
stringentrequirements ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingMaterialfor
Agriculture ,HorticultureandForestry,
HASADOPTED THISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof14June
1966(')onthemarketingofcerealseed,aslast
amendedbytheCouncilDirectiveof11December
1973(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof;
HavingregardtotherequestmadebytheKingdom
oftheNetherlands ;
Whereasowingtounfavourableweatherconditions
duringtheautumnof1974itwasnotpossibletosow
sufficientwinterwheat;whereasthereforethe
KingdomoftheNetherlandswillbeforcedtosubsti­
tutepartofitswinterwheatharvestwithspring
wheat;whereasthereforethedemandforspring
wheatseedwillincreasesubstantially ;whereasthere­
foretheproductionintheKingdomoftheNether­
landsofcertifiedspringwheatseedisinsufficientto
meettheincreaseddemand ;
Whereasithasnotbeenpossibletocoverthis
demandentirelybycertifiedseedofspringwheat
comingfromotherMemberStates,ofvarieties
intendedforinclusioninthefirst'CommonCata­
logueofAgriculturalPlantSpecies'—varietieswhich
since31December1974areinfreetradewithinthe
territoryoftheCommunity asoriginallyconstituted
—orincludedintheDutchcatalogueofvarieties;
Whereas,itseemsexpedienttoauthorizethe
KingdomoftheNetherlandstopermit,foraperiod
whichexpireson30April1975,themarketingof
certifiedseedofspringwheatwhichdonotbelongto
thosevarieties ;
Whereas,however,therewillstillremainanunful­
filleddemandfor5000metrictonsofspringwheat
seed;
Whereasitseemsexpedientthereforetoauthorizethe
KingdomoftheNetherlandstopermit,foraperiod
whichexpireson30April1975,themarketingofArticle1
1.TheKingdomoftheNetherlands isauthorized
topermit,foraperiodwhichexpireson30April
1975,themarketinginitsterritoryofspringwheat
seedbelongingtothecategories'certifiedseed,first
generation'and'certifiedseed,secondgeneration'of
varietieswhichareneitherintendedforinclusionin
thefirst'CommonCatalogueofAgriculturalPlant
Species'—norincludedintheDutchcatalogueof
varieties,insofarassuchvarietiesareadmittedin
anotherMemberState.
2.TheKingdomoftheNetherlands isauthorized
topermit,foraperiodwhichexpireson30April
1975,themarketinginitsterritoryof5000metric
tonsofspringwheatseedwhichhasnotbeenoffi­
ciallycertified,ofthevarietiesBastion,Fundus,
Kaspar,Kolibri,Melchior,Orca,SelpekandToro,
underthefollowingconditions :
(a)theseedshallcomplywiththerequirements laid
downinAnnexIItotheCouncilDirectiveof14
June1966onthemarketingofcerealseed,with
theexceptionoftheprovisionsofitems1and3
concerningvarietalidentityandpurity;
(b)thepackagesofthisseedshallbelabelledwithan
officialbrownlabel,bearingatleastthefollowing
specifications :
—astatementthatthisseedhasnotbeensubject
toofficialcertification ,
—theinspectionservice,
—thespecies,(!)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2309/66.
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—referencenumberoflot,
—declarednetorgrossweight,
—onlyintendedformarketingintheKingdom
oftheNetherlands ;
(c)thepackagesofthisseedshallbelabelledwitha
specialsupplier'slabelindicatingandguaranteeing
thevarietyoftheseed;
(d)officialpost-controltestsshallbecarriedoutto
checkwhethertheindicationofvarietywas
correct.springwheatseedwhichhasbeenmarketedinits
territorypursuanttothisDecision.TheCommission
shallinformtheotherMemberStatesthereof.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheKingdomofthe
Netherlands .
DoneatBrussels,19March1975.
FortheCommission
P.J.LARDINOIS
MemberoftheCommissionArticle2
TheKingdomoftheNetherlandswillreporttothe
Commissionbefore1November1975thequantityof