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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
(
COM(80)244 final
Brussels,12May1980
Proposalfora
COUNCILREGULATION (EEC)
amendingRegulation (EEC)No315/68fixingthequalitystandards
forfloweringbulbs,cormsandtubers
(submittedtotheCouncilbytheCommission )
f..^'S..,S
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COM(80)244final

EXPLANATORY NOTE
SU3J5CT:ProposalforaCouncilregulationamendingRegulation (ESC)
.No315/68fixingthequalitystandardsforflowering "bulbs,corms
andtubers.,
CouncilRegulation (EEC)No315/68fixingthequalitystandards
forfloweringbulbs,cormsandtubersfixedcommonqualitystandardsforan
importantnumberoffloweringbulbs,cormsandtubers.Howeverpractice
hasshownthenecessitythatthestandardshouldbecompletedbyprovisions
concerningtheminimumsizeandsizingforothervarietiesof"bheproducts
referredtoabove.
ThisRegulationhasasitsobjectivetheinsertionsofth.•?
varietiestothelistappearinginChapter3"Sizing"oftheannexeto-
Regulation (EEC)No315/68. .
ThemeasureconcernedhasnofinancialeffectontheCommunity
Budget.

proposal for
REGULATION (EEC ) OPTHECOUNCIL
amending Regulation (EEC)N°315/68fixing thequality standards for
flowering bulbs ,corms andtubers
THECOUNCIL OPTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing the
European Economic Community ,
Having regard toCouncil Regulation (EEC)N°
234/68^^of27February 1968ontheestablish­
ment ofacommon organisation ofthemarket in
live trees andother plants ,bulbs ,roots and
thelike ,cutflowers andornamental foliage ,
andinparticular Article 3thereof ;
Helving regard totheproposal from theCommis­
sion :
2)Whereas regulation (EEC)N°315/68 ,aslast amended byRegulation (EEC)N°
338/77^\lays downintheAnnex thereto provisions concerning sizegradings ;
whereas those provisions donotcover products Allium , ■Ixia ,Eranthis ,
Pritillaria andSparaxis ;whereas those products should beincluded inthat
Annex inorder toachieve thepurposes ofthequality standards more satisfacto­
rily ;
,- . HASADOPTED THIS REGULATION : • ,
Article 1
Theproducts listed intheAnnex tothis Regulation together with the
provisions relating toeach ofthen^shall beinserted intheTable inSection
IIIoftheAnnex .toRegulation (EEC)N°315/68,in'their respective alphabetical
positions .
/
Cl)OJN°L55,2.3.1968 ,p.1 ,
(2)OJN°L71,21.3.1968 ,d.1
(3)OJN°L48,19.2.1977 ,p.2.

2
Article 2
*
This Regulation shall enter into force onthethird day
following itspublication intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities .
Itshall apply with effect from 1September 1980 .
This Regulation shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly
t
applicable inallMember States . ' .
'
Done atBrussels , FortheCouncil
■- The President
# •
' ■ ) ' '' 1 .
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AMEX
Botanicaldescription
ofproductsMethodof
gradingMinimum
size"πSize i
gradings !
»
Alliumneapolitanum ,- A 3.0cm 3-4;4-5;
5andover
lxia A' 4,0cm.4-5;5-7;
7andover
Eranthis
cilicicaA
i3,5οπι .3,5-4;
4-6;6andover
Eranthishiemalis A 4,0cm
.. %..4-5i
5-7;7andover'-
Fritillaria
moleagris,
itscultivars
andhybrids .A'■.6,0cm 6-8;
8andover
Sparaxistricolor,
itscultivarsand
hybrids -.;A 3,5cm 3,5-4;4–6;
6andover