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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(81)470 final
Brussels,14September 1981
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No315/68fixingqualitystandardsforflowering
bulbs/cormsandtubers
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
>31)470final

ilii .ce .EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Proposal for aCouncil Regulation 'amending Regulation (EEC )No
:;i ilxing quality standards for flowering bulbs ,corms and tubers .
Oii2February 1281 theCommission putforward aproposed Council Regulation
(Jatamending Regulation (EEC )Mo234/68ontheestablishment ofacommon
orgar .isation ofthemarket inlive trees andother plants ,bulbs ,roots and
t!io'like ,cut flowers andornamental foliage .
The object ofthis proposal was toallow intervention attrade level inflower
bolbs complying with tiiequality standards but ofaminimum size lower than
Lhat set one .inthe standards .
\ • -
il.A.'ev ,r,anumber ofdelegations within theCouncil could not agree tothis .
p-.-o;x.' -,aL;during thediscussions ,'alternatives totheproposed Regulation
w£i\.puLforward which should better achieve theobjectives set out in*the
Solio'./injthediscussions within theCouncil ,theCommission hasdrawn uptins
.v.-oposal ,providing for .quality standards forbulbs intended forreproduction ,
v.:_. view firstly tofacilitating trade inthese products andsecondly to
;•!Iii.' tiieMember States ,inaccordance with thedecisions oftheCourt of
.ui;;ti<'c ,tocarry outintervention inthese products sothat themarket maybe
better stabilised . .'

/
Proposal for
COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC )No315/68fixing quality standards forflowering
bulbs ,corms and tubers ,
THE COUNCIL OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC )No234/68of27February 1968 onthe
establishment ofacommon organisation ofthemarket inlive trees and other
plants ,bulbs ,roots and thelike ,cutflowers andornamental foliage(l ),and
inparticular Article 3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from theCommission ,
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC )No315/68\
amended byRegulation (EEC )No2530 /80(3 ),fixed quality standards for
flowering bulbs ,conns «ndtubers intended -for ?delivery toconsumers orfor
export tonon-member countries ;
Whereas ,there issubstantial trade -within theCommunity products intended
sforpropagation ;whereas quality standards should therefore belaid down for
those products ;
Whereas surveys have shown that stabilisation ofthemarket inflowering bulbs •
could bemore cffecively achieved atlower cost byreducing theavailable
quantities ofsmall bulbs intended for .propagation ;,whereas ,inaccordance
with the judgments oftheCourt ofJustice ,establishment ofquality
'standards will make itpossible toimplement anational intervention system
% _
forthis purpose ,
(1)OJNoL55,2.3.1968 ,p.1
(2)OJNo T,71 ,21.3.1968 ,p.1
(3)OJNo1259 ,2.10.1980 ,p.,6

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HASADOPTEDTHISREGULATION :
Article 1
Thefollowingsubparagraph isherebyaddedtoArticle2(1)ofRegulation (EEC)
N°315/68:
"Bulbsandcormsintendedforpurposesotherthanthosereferredtointhefirstsub­
paragraph maynotbesoldwithintheCommunityunless:
a)theycomplywiththeprovisions setoutinthefirstsubparagraph oftitleII
oftheAnnex;
b)eachunitpackcontains aminimumnumberofbulbsdetermined inaccordance withthe
procedurelaiddowninArticle14ofRegulation (EEC)No234/68;
c)thepackagesbearthefollowingparticulars,legiblyandindeliblymarked:
Identification
Vendor:nameandaddressorcodemark;
Natureofproduce
Bulbsandcormsforpropagation ,"
Article 2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthethirddayfollowingthatofits
publication intheOfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities .
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectlyapplicable inall
MemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,