NoL196/16 %OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 19.7.74
COMMISSION DECISION
of13June1974
authorizingtheUnitedKingdomtopermit,foraperiodwhichexpireson30June1975,
themarketingofcertainspeciesofvegetableseed,harvestedbefore1July1973andnot
fullysatisfyingtheprescribedconditionsforgermination
(OnlytheEnglishtextisauthentic)
(74/359/EEC)
notfullysatisfytheconditionsforgerminationlaid
downintheabovementioned Directive;
WhereastheUnitedKingdomwasobligedtoapply
theabovementioned Directiveonlyfromthe1July
1973andhencetheseedinquestionhadbeen
producedundertheconditionsoftheformer
nationalregulations;
Whereasitisappropriate,therefore,toauthorizethe
UnitedKingdomtopermitthemarketingofthese
seeds,foraperiodwhichexpireson30June1975,
providedtheysatisfytherequirements for
germinationlaiddownintheabovementioned
nationalregulations;
WhereasthemeasuresprovidedforinthisDecision
areinaccordancewiththeOpinionoftheStanding
CommitteeonSeedsandPropagatingMaterialfor
Agriculture,HorticultureandForestry,THECOMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingthe
EuropeanEconomicCommunity;
HavingregardtotheCouncilDirectiveof
29September1970(*)on.themarketingofvegetable
seed,aslastamendedbytheCouncilDirectiveof
11December1973(2),andinparticularArticle33a
thereof;
HavingregardtotherequestfromtheUnited
Kingdom;
WhereastheUnitedKingdomhasstillsomestocks
ofonion,leek,celery,redBeetorbeetroot,
cauliflower,sproutingbroccoliorcalabrese,brussels
sprouts,savoycabbage,cabbage,redcabbage,
carrot,runnerbeanandspinachseedwhichhas
beenharvestedtherebefore1July1973anddoes
(')OJNoL225,12.10.1970,p.7.
(»)OJNoL356,27.12.1973,p.79.
HASADOPTEDTHISDECISION :
Article1
TheUnitedKingdomisauthorizedtopermitthemarketinginitsterritory,foraperiod
whichexpiresonthe30June1975,ofthefollowingspeciesofvegetableseedwhich
havebeenharvestedbefore1July1973anddonotfullysatisfytheconditionslaiddown
inAnnexIIoftheCouncilDirectiveof29September1970astominimumgermination,
underthefollowingconditions :
(a)Germinationshallbeatleast:
—AlliumcepaL. 65%ofpureseed;
—AlliumporrumL. 55°/oofpureseed;
—ApiumgraveolensL. 60°/oofpureseed;
—BetavulgarisL.var. 60%ofpureseed;
esculentaL.
—BrassicaoleraceaL.convar.botrytis(L.)65°/oofpureseed;
Alef.varbotrytis
—BrassicaoleraceaL.convar.botrytis(L.)65%>ofpureseed;
Alef.var.italicaPlenck
—BrassicaoleraceaL.var. 70°/oofpureseed;
bullatasubvar.gemmiferaDC
—BrassicaoleraceaL.var. 70°/oofpureseed;
bullataDC.etvar.sefandaL.
—BrassicaoleraceaL.var. 70°/oofpureseed;
capitataL.f.albaDC.

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70°/oofpureseed;
60°/oofpureseed;BrassicaoleraceaL.var.
capitataL.f.rubra(L.)Thell
DaucuscarotaL.ssp.sativus
(Hoffm.)Hayek
PhaseoluscoccineusL.
SpinaceaoleraceaL.70°/oofpureseed;
70%ofpureseed;
(b)Thelabelshallstatethatthegermination isreducedandspecifytheminimum
germinationlaiddownunder(a).
(c)Thelabelshallbearthestatement'seedharvestedbefore1July1973'.
Article2
TheUnitedKingdomshallnotifytheCommission ,before31Decembereachyear,of
thequantityofvegetableseedwhichhasbeenpermittedtobemarketedinitsterritory
pursuanttothisDecision.TheCommissionshallinformtheotherMemberStates.
Article3
ThisDecisionisaddressedtotheUnitedKingdom.
DoneatBrussels,13June1974.
FortheCommission
ThePresident
Francois-Xavier ORTOLI