25.10.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL272/7
COMMISSION DECISION
of13October1977
authorizingtheFrenchRepublictopermittemporarilythemarketingofseed
notcomplyingwiththerequirements ofCouncilDirective66/401/EEC
(77/661/EEC)
THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtoCouncilDirective66/401/EECof14
June1966onthemarketingoffodderplantseed(1),
aslastamendedbyCouncilDirective75/444/EEC(2),
andinparticularArticle17thereof,
HavingregardtotherequestmadebytheFrench
Republic,
WhereasintheFrenchRepublictheproductionof
tallfescueseedcomplyingwiththerequirements of
thesaidDirectivehasbeeninsufficientin1977and
thereforewillnotbeadequatetomeetthatcountry's
needs;
Whereasitisnotpossiblesufficientlytocoverthis
demandwithcertifiedseedfromotherMemberStates,
orfromthirdcountries,ofvarietiesincludedeitherin
thecommoncatalogueofvarietiesofagricultural
plantspeciesorintheFrenchnationalcataloguesof
varieties;
WhereastheFrenchRepublicshouldthereforebe
authorizedtopermit,foraperiodexpiringon30June
1978,themarketingofseedoftheabovementioned
speciesofvarietiesnotincludedeitherinthecommon
catalogueofvarietiesofagriculturalplantspeciesorin
theFrenchnationalcataloguesofvarieties,aswellasa
categorysubjecttolessstringentrequirement ;
WhereasmoreoverotherMemberStates,whichare
abletosupplytheFrenchRepublicwithseednot
complyingwiththerequirements oftheDirective,
shouldbeauthorizedtopermitthemarketingofsuch
seedprovidedthatitisintendedforFrance;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeopinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedandPropagatingMaterialforAgri­
culture,HorticultureandForestry,
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
1.TheFrenchRepublicisherebyauthorizedto
permitforaperiodexpiringon30June1978the
marketinginitsterritoryofamaximumof300tonnes
oftallfescueseed(FestucaarundinaceaSchreb.)ofthe
category'certifiedseed'ofthefirstgenerationofvarie­tiesnotincludedeitherinthecommoncatalogueof
varietiesofagriculturalplantspeciesorinitsnational
cataloguesofvarieties.Theofficiallabelshallstate:
'IntendedexclusivelyforFrance'.
2.TheFrenchRepublicisherebyauthorizedto
permitforaperiodexpiringon30June1978the
marketinginitsterritoryofamaximumof200tonnes
oftallfescueseed(FestucaarundinaceaSchreb.)ofthe
category'certifiedseed'ofthefirstgenerationsubject
tolessstringentrequirements withregardtothe
contentofseedsofothercultivatedplantslaiddown
inAnnexIItoCouncilDirective66/401/EEC
providedthatthefollowingrequirementsaresatisfied:
(a)Thecontentofseedsofothercultivatedplants
shallnotexceed2%;
(b)Theofficiallabelshallbearthesupplementary indi­
cation:
'Maximumcontentofseedsofothercultivatedplants:
2%',-
'IntendedexclusivelyforFrance'.
Article2
TheotherMemberStatesareherebyauthorizedto
permit,subjecttotheconditionslaiddowninArticle
1,themarketingintheirterritoryofamaximumof
500tonnesoftallfescueseed,providedthatitis
intendedexclusivelyforFrance.Theofficiallabel
shallstate:
'IntendedexclusivelyforFrance'.
Article3
MemberStatesshallnotifytheCommissionbefore30
September1978ofthequantitiesofseedmarketedin
theirterritorypursuanttothisDecision.TheCommis­
sionshallinformtheotherMemberStatesthereof.
Article4
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,13October1977.
FortheCommission
FinnGUNDELACH
Vice-President
(!)OJNo125,11.7.1966,p.2298/66.
(2)OJNoL196,26.7.1975,p.6.