NoL147/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 15.6.77
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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of10May1977
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomtopermittemporarilythemarketingofseed
notcomplyingwithrequirements ofCouncilDirective66/401/EEC
(77/392/EEC)
Kingdomwiththisseednotcomplyingwithrequire­
mentsoftheDirectivetopermitthemarketingof
suchseedprovidedthatitisintendedexclusivelyfor
theUnitedKingdom;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingMaterialfor
Agriculture,HorticultureandForestry,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective66/401/EECof14
June1966onthemarketingoffodderplantseed('),
aslastamendedbyCouncilDirective75/444/EECof
26June1975(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestmadebytheUnited
Kingdom,
WhereasintheUnitedKingdomtheproductionof
redcloverseedandofwhitecloverseedoffine-leaved
varietiescomplyingwithrequirements ofthesaid
Directivehasbeeninsufficient in1976andisnot
adequatetosupplytheneedsofthatcountry;
Whereasithasnotbeenpossibletocovertheseneeds
sufficientlyby'certifiedseed'fromotherMember
Statesorevenfromthirdcountries,meetingallthe
requirements laiddowninthesaidDirective;
WhereastheUnitedKingdomshouldthereforebe
authorizedtopermit,foraperiodexpiringon30
September1977,themarketingofseedoftheabove­
mentionedspeciesofacategorysubjecttolessstrin­
gentrequirements ;
Whereasitappearsalsodesirabletoauthorizeother
MemberStateswhichareabletosupplytheUnitedArticle1
1.TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizedtopermitfor
aperiodexpiringon30September1977the
marketingonitsterritoryofredcloverseed(Trifolium
pratenseL.)uptoamaximumof60tonnesofthecate­
gory'certifiedseedofthefirstgeneration'andof40
tonnesofthecategory'commercialseed'whichdo
notsatisfytherequirementswithregardtomaximum
contentofhardseedlaiddowninAnnexIItoDirec­
tive66/401/EEC,providedthatthefollowingrequire­
mentsaresatisfied :
(a)themaximumcontentofhardseedshallnot
exceed40%ofpureseed;
(')OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2298/66.
(2)OJNoL196,26.7.1975,p.6.(b)theofficiallabelshallbearthefollowingendorse­
ments:

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—'maximumcontentofhardseed40%,
—'intendedexclusivelyfortheUnitedKingdom'.
2.TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizedtopermitfor
aperiodexpiringon30September1977the
marketingonitsterritoryofamaximumof10tonnes
ofwhitecloverseed(TrifoliumrepensL.)offine­
leavedvarietiesofthecategory'certifiedseedofthe
firstgeneration'whichdonotsatisfytherequirements
withregardtominimumgerminationcapacitylaid
downinAnnexIItoDirective66/401/EECprovided
thatthefollowingrequirements aresatisfied:
(a)thegerminationcapacityisatleast70%ofpure
seed;
(b)theofficiallabelshallbearthefollowingendorse­
ments:
—'minimumgerminationcapacity...%',
—'intendedexclusivelyfortheUnitedKingdom'.
Article2
TheotherMemberStatesareauthorizedtopermit,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddowninArticle1,the
marketingintheirterritoriesofamaximumof100tonnesofredcloverseedandof10tonnesofwhite
cloverseedprovidedthatsuchseedisintendedexclu­
sivelyfortheUnitedKingdom.
Theofficiallabelshallstate:'intendedexclusivelyfor
theUnitedKingdom'.
Article3
TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission
before1December1977ofthequantitiesofseed
marketedintheirterritoriespursuanttothisDecision.
TheCommission shallinformtheotherMember
Statesthereof.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,10May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President