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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES
COM(76)663final
Brussels,13December1976
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation(EEC)No315/68fixingquality
standardsforfloweringbulbs,cormsandtubers
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission)
COM(76)663final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
Subject :Proposal foraCouncil regulation amending Regulation (EEC)NO315/60
fixing thequality standards forflowering bulbs ,corms andtubers
Council Regulation (EEC)NO315/68fixing thequality standards for
flowering bulbs ,corms andtubers fixed common quality standards foranimportant
number offlowering bulbs ,corms andtubers .However during discussions recently
held intheManagement Committee forLive Plants andFloricultural Products ,the
desire hasbeen expressed that the standard should becompleted byprovisions
concerning theminimum size andsizing forother varieties oftheproducts referred
toabove .
This Regulation hasasitsobjective theinsertion ofthese varieties
tothelist appearing inChapter 3'Sizing' oftheannexe toRegulation (EEC )
NO315/68.

COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC )
amending Regulation (EEC)No315/68fixing quality standards forflowering
bulbs ,corms andtubers
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing
theEuropean Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)
No234/68of27February 1968 onthe
establishment ofacommon organization of
themarket inlive trees andother plants ,
bulbs ,roots andthelike ,cutflowers and
1ornamental foliage ,and inparticular
Article 3thereof ,
Having regard totheproposal from the
Commission ,
Whereas theAnnex toCouncil Regulation (EEC)No315/68of12March 1968
2fixing quality standards forflowering bulbs ,corms andtubers ,aslast
amended byRegulation (EEC)No949/75"^flaysdownprovisions onsize
gradings ;whereas these provisions donotapply toproducts ofthe
following genusess Allium ,Anemone ,Chionodoxa ,Endymion ,Pritillaria ,
Puschkinia ,Tigridia ,Triteleia ,andtothe Scilla sibirica species ,its
cultivars andhybrids with theexception oftheatrocairulea (Spring Beauty )
cultivar ;whereas ,inorder further toachieve theobjectives ofthe
quality standards ,provisions onsize grading should also belaid down for
these products ,
HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION : ./•
OJNoL55,2.3.1968 ,p.1
20JNoL71,21.3.1968 ,p.1
30JNoL91.12.4.1975 »P.14

Article1
ThereshallbeaddedtothetableinChapterIIIoftheAnnex
toRegulation(EEC)No315/68,inalphabeticalorder*theproductslisted
intheAnnexandtheprovisionsrespectively relatingtothem*
Article2
ThisRegulationshallenterintoforceon1stJuly1977*
ThisRegulationshallbebindinginitsentiretyanddirectly
applicableinallMemberStates*
DoneatBrussels
FortheCommission
ThePresident

ANNEX
Botanical description ofproducts Method of Minimum Size gradings
grading Size
Alliura aflatunense ,christophii
and karataviense
Allium giganteumA,B,C
A,B,C9.0cm 9-10,10 -12,12 -1.
14and over
18.0 cm 18-20 ,20-24 ,2o
and over
Allium oreophilum
Anemone blanda ,itscultivars
and hybrids
Anemone St.Bavo ,itscultivars
andhybrids
Chionodoxa gigantea ,luciliae
and sard ensis
Endymion hispanicus Syn 0Scilla
campanulata ,itscultivars and
hybridsA,B,C
A,B,C
A,B,C
A,B,C
A,B,C3.5cm 3,5-4,4-5.5-6,
6and over
4.0 cm 4-5»5-7»7
and over
4«0cm 4-5 ,5-6 ,6-7 ,
7andover
4.0cm 4-5,5-7,7
and over
7.0cm 7-8,8-^9,9-10,
10-12,12 and
over
Fritillaria imperialis ,itsculti -
vars andhybridsA,B,C 20.0 cm 20-22,22 -26,26
and over
vars andhybrids
Puschkinia scilloides libanotica
Scillia sibirica ,itscultivars
andhybrids excluding
cultivar atrocaeruleaAJB FC
A,B,C4.0cm 4-5,5-7,7and
over
6.0cm 6–7,7–8,8–10,
10and over
Tigridia pavonia Syn .Ferraria its
cultivars andhybrids
Triteleia Syn .Brodiaea laxa and
Koningin FabiolaΑ,Β,Ο
Α,Β,Ο5.0cm 5-6,6-7,7-8,8-11
10and over
«m 4-5,5-7,7
and over