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COMMISSION
COMMISSION DECISION
of7February1977
authorizinginparticularIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomtopermittempor­
arilythemarketingofseedsofcertainspeciesnotcomplyingwithCommunity
conditions
(OnlytheDutch,EnglishandGermantextsareauthentic)
(77/161/EEC)
Whereasthesaidtemporarydifficultiesshouldbe
takenintoaccount,andIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdomshouldbeauthorizedtopermit,foraperiod
expiringon31July1977,themarketingofseedsof
theabovementioned speciessubjecttolessstringent
requirements ,providedthatthesmallquantities
referredtoabovearetakenintoaccount;
Whereasinadditionitisnecessarytoauthorizethose
otherMemberStateswhichareabletosupplyIreland
andtheUnitedKingdomwithswedeandfodderkale
seedsubjecttolessstringentrequirements ,topermit
themarketingofsuchseed,providedthatitis
intendedexclusivelyforIrelandandtheUnited
Kingdom ;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingMaterialfor
Agriculture,HorticultureandForestry,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirectives66/400/EECand
66/401/EECof14June1966onthemarketingof
beetseed('),andfodderplantseed(2),aslastamended
byCommission Directive76/331/EEC(3),and
CouncilDirective75/444/EEC(4)respectively ,andin
particularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestsmadebyIrelandand
theUnitedKingdom,
WhereasinIrelandandtheUnitedKingdomthe
productionoffodderbeetseedofvarietieswith
specificcharacteristics foragivenuseandofswede
andfodderkaleseed,inaccordancewiththerulesof
theaboveDirectives,havebeeninsufficientmainly
due,inthecaseoffodderbeetseed,totemporarydiffi­
cultiesarisingfromachangeinproductionconditions
requiredbytheaccessionofthesetwocountries;
Whereasithasnotbeenpossibleadequatelytomeet
theseneedswith'certifiedseed'fromotherMember
Statesmeetingalltheconditionslaiddowninthese
Directives,withtheexceptionofsmallquantitiesof
seedsofswedeandfodderkale;HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
(')OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2290/66.
(2)OJNoL125,11.7.1966,p.2298/66.Article1
1.IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomarehereby
authorizedtopermit,foraperiodexpiringon31July
1'>77,themarketingontheirterritory,ofamaximum(3)OJNoL83,30.3.1976,p.34.
(4)OJNoL196,26.7.1975,p.6.

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of85tonnesoffodderbeetseed(BetavulgarisL.)of
varietieswiththecharacteristics properto'mangels'
whichhavenotbeenofficiallycertified,provided
that:
(a)theseedsatisfiedtheconditionslaiddowninPart
BofAnnexItoDirective66/400/EEC,withthe
exceptionoftheprovisionsrelatingtoidentityand
varietalpurity,referredtounderpoint1;
(b)thepackagescontainingtheseedbearanofficial
labelwhichisbrownandstates:
—thattheseedhasnothasnotbeenofficially
certified,
—theexaminingauthority,
—thetypeorvariety,
—thereferencenumberorthelot,
—thedeclarednetorgrossweight,
—thewords'IntendedexclusivelyforIrelandor
theUnitedKingdom';
(c)packagescontainingtheseedbearaspeciallabel
fromthesupplierindicatingandguaranteeingthe
varietyofseed;
(d)officialtestsarecarriedoutaposterioritocheck
whetherthestatementconcerningthevarietyis
accurate .
2.TheUnitedKingdomisherebyauthorizedto
permit,foraperiodexpiringon31July1977,the
marketingonitsterritoryofamaximumof500
tonnesoffodderkaleseed(BrassicaoleraceaL.convar,
acephala(DC))ofthecategory'certifiedseed'ofthe
firstgenerationwhichdoesnotsatisfytherequire­
mentswithregardtominimumgerminationcapacity
laiddowninAnnexIItoDirective66/401/EEC,
providedthatthefollowingrequirmentsaresatisfied:
(a)thegerminationcapacityisatleast70%ofpure
seed;
(b)theofficiallabelshowsthatthegermination
capacityisreduced:'Minimumgermination
capacity70%'andalsobearsthewords'Intended
exclusivelyfortheUnitedKingdom'.
3.IrelandandtheUnitedKingdomarehereby
authorizedtopermit,foraperiodexpiringon31July
1977,themarketingontheirterritoryof:
—amaximumof200tonnesofswedeseed(Brassica
napusL.var.napobrassica (L.)Peterm.),and
—amaximumof125tonnesoffodderkaleseed
(BrassicaoleraceaL.Convar.acephala(DC))ofthe
category'commercialseed'whichdoesnotsatisfy
therequirementswithregardtominimumgermi­nationcapacitylaiddowninAnnexIItothe
Directivereferredtoinparagraph2,providedthat
thefollowingrequirements aresatisfied:
(a)thegerminationcapacityisatleast70%of
pureseed;
(b)theofficiallabelshowsthatthegermination
capacityisreduced:
'Minimumgerminationcapacity70%'and
alsobearsthewords'Intendedexclusivelyfor
IrelandortheUnitedKingdom'.
4.Withregardtoswedeandfodderkale,Ireland
andtheUnitedKingdomshallusetheauthorization
givensuccessivelyunderparagraphs2and3tomarket
suchquantitiesofseedofthesespeciesofthecategory
'certifiedseed'inaccordancewiththerulesofthe
Directivereferredtoinparagraph2asmaybe
suppliedbymotherMemberStates.
Article2
TheFederalRepublicofGermanyandtheKingdom
oftheNetherlandsareherebyauthorizedtopermit,
underthesameconditions,themarketingintheir
territoriesoftheseedreferredtoinArticle1(2)and
(3)providedthatitisintendedexclusivelyforIreland
ortheUnitedKingdom.Theofficiallabelshallbear
thewords'IntendedexclusivelyforIrelandorthe
UnitedKingdom'.
Article3
Ireland,theUnitedKingdom,theFederalRepublicof
GermanyandtheKingdomoftheNetherlandsshall
notifytheCommission ,before1October1977,ofthe
quantitiesofseedmarketedintheirterritoriesunder
thisDecision .TheCommission shallinformother
MemberStatesthereof.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtoIreland,theUnited
Kingdom,theFederalRepublicofGermanyandthe
KingdomoftheNetherlands .
DoneatBrussels,7February1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President