15.6.77 NoL147/40 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
COMMISSION DECISION
of10May1977
authorizingtheFederalRepublicofGermanyandtheItalianRepublictopermit
temporarilythemarketingofseednotcomplyingwithrequirements ofCouncil
Directive66/401/EEC
(77/395/EEC)
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingMaterialfor
Agriculture,HorticultureandForestry,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.TheFederalRepublicofGermanyisauthorized
topermitforaperiodexpiringon30September1977
themarketinginitsterritoryofamaximumof600
tonnesoffieldpeaseed(PisumavenseL.)ofthecate­
gory'certifiedseedofthefirstgeneration'ofvarieties
notincludedintheCommoncatalogueofvarietiesof
agriculturalplantspeciesorinitsnationalcatalogues
ofvarieties.Theofficiallabelshallstate:'intended
exclusivelyforGermany'.
2.TheItalianRepublicisauthorizedtopermitfor
aperiodexpiringon30September1977the
marketinginitsterritoryofamaximumof1000
tonnesoffieldpeaseed(PisumarvenseL.)ofthecate­
gory'certifiedseedofthefirstgeneration'ofvarieties
notincludedintheCommoncatalogueofvarietiesof
agriculturalplantspeciesorinitsnationalcatalogues
ofvarietiesorofthecategory'commercialseed'.The
officiallabelshallstate:'intendedexclusivelyfor
Italy'.THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective66/401/EECof14
June1966onthemarketingoffodderplantseed(1),
aslastamendedbyCouncilDirective75/444/EECof
26June1975(2),andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestsmadebytheFederal
RepublicofGermanyandtheItalianRepublic,
WhereasinGermanyandinItalytheproductionof
fieldpeaseedcomplyingwithrequirements ofthe
saidDirectivehasbeeninsufficientin1976andisnot
adequatetosupplytheneedsofthosecountries;
Whereasithasnotbeenpossibletocovertheseneeds
sufficientlyby'certifiedseed'fromotherMember
Statesorevenfromthirdcountries,ofvarieties
includedintheCommoncatalogueofvarietiesofagri­
culturalplantspeciesorincludedinthenationalcata­
loguesrespectivelyoftheFederalRepublicof
GermanyandoftheItalianRepublic;
WhereastheFederalRepublicofGermanyandthe
ItalianRepublicshouldthereforebeauthorizedto
permit,foraperiodexpiringon30September1977,
themarketingofseedoftheabovementioned species
ofvarietiesnotincludedintheCommoncatalogueof
varietiesofagriculturalplantspeciesorincludedin
thenationalcataloguesofvarietiesrespectivelyofthe
FederalRepublicofGermanyandoftheItalianRepu­
blicand,inthecaseofItaly,alsoseedsofthecategory
'commercialseed'.
Whereas,itappearsalsodesirabletoauthorizeother
MemberStateswhichareabletosupplytheFederal
RepublicofGermanyandtheItalianRepublicwith
thisseednotcomplyingwithrequirements ofthe
Directivetopermitthemarketingofsuchseed
providedthatitisintendedexclusivelyforGermany
orItaly;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStandingArticle2
TheotherMemberStatesareauthorizedtopermit,
subjecttotheconditionslaiddowninArticle1,and
uptothequantitiesreferredtotherein,themarketing
intheirterritoriesoffieldpeaseed,providedthatsuch
seedisintendedexclusivelyforGermanyorItaly.The
officiallabelshallstate'intendedexclusivelyfor
GermanyorItaly'saveinthecaseof'commercial
seed'wheretheofficiallabelshallstate:'intended
exclusivelyforItaly'.
Article3
(')OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2298/66.
I2)OJNoL196,26.7.1975,p.6.TheMemberStatesshallnotifytheCommission
before1December1977ofthequantitiesofseed

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DoneatBrussels,10May1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-PresidentmarketedintheirterritoriespursuanttothisDecision.
TheCommission shallinformtheotherMember
Statesthereof.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.