1999/305/EC: Commission Decision of 19 April 1999 repealing certain decisions authorising the United Kingdom to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (notified under document number C(1999) 1007)
Date: 1999-04-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, crop production, marketing restriction, seed, seedling

6. 5. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 118/63

COMMISSION DECISION

of 19 April 1999

repealing certain decisions authorising the United Kingdom to restrict the
marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species

(notified under document number C(1999) 1007)

(1999/305/EC)

eties listed in the current common catalogue of
agricultural plant species;

(5) Whereas the United Kingdom has notified the
Commission that it no longer wishes to avail itself
of the said authorisations in respect of all the vari-
eties;

(6) Whereas accordingly such authorisations should be

repealed;

(7) Whereas

in this
the measures provided for
Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the
Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating
Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

Decisions 76/690/EEC, 77/283/EEC, 78/347/EEC, 79/
93/EEC, 80/128/EEC, 80/446/EEC, 80/1361/EEC, 82/
85/
41/EEC,
626/EEC, 87/111/EEC, 87/448/EEC and 88/625/EEC are
hereby repealed.

82/947/EEC,

85/58/EEC,

84/20/EEC,

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 19 April 1999.

For the Commission

Franz FISCHLER

Member of the Commission

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29
September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of
agricultural species (1), as last amended by Council Direc-
tive 98/96/EC (2),

(1) Whereas Commission Decisions 76/690/EEC (3),
77/283/EEC (4), 78/347/EEC (5), 79/93/EEC (6), 80/
128/EEC (7), 80/446/EEC (8), 80/1361/EEC (9), 82/
41/EEC (10), 82/947/EEC (11), 84/20/EEC (12), 85/
58/EEC (13), 85/626/EEC (14), 87/111/EEC (15), 87/
448/EEC (16) and 88/625/EEC (17) authorised the
United Kingdom to restrict the marketing of seed
of certain varieties;

(2) Whereas, pursuant to Article 15(1) of Directive 70/
457/EEC, seed or propagating material of varieties
of agricultural plant species which have been offi-
cially accepted in at least one of the Member States
and which also meets the conditions laid down in
Directive 70/457/EEC is, with effect
from 31
December of the second year following that in
which the varieties were accepted, no longer subject
to any marketing restrictions relating to the variety
in the Community;

(3) Whereas, however, Article 15(2) of Directive 70/
457/EEC provides that,
in
Article 15(3), a Member State may be authorised,
upon application, to prohibit the marketing of seed
and propagating material of certain varieties;

in the cases set out

(4) Whereas, by the abovementioned Decisions, the
Commission has authorised the United Kingdom
to prohibit the marketing of seed of certain vari-

(1) OJ L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 25, 1.2.1999, p. 27.
(3) OJ L 235, 26.8.1976, p. 29.
(4) OJ L 95, 19.4.1977, p. 23.
(5) OJ L 99, 12.4.1978, p. 26.
(6) OJ L 22, 31.1.1979, p. 17.
(7) OJ L 29, 6.2.1980, p. 35.
(8) OJ L 110, 29.4.1980, p. 23.
(9) OJ L 384, 31.12.1980, p. 46.
(10) OJ L 16, 22.1.1982, p. 50.
(11) OJ L 383, 31.12.1982, p. 23.
(12) OJ L 18, 21.1.1984, p. 45.
(13) OJ L 23, 26.1.1985, p. 42.
(14) OJ L 379, 31.12.1985, p. 23.
(15) OJ L 48, 17.2.1987, p. 29.
(16) OJ L 240, 22.8.1987, p. 39.
(17) OJ L 347, 16.12.1988, p. 74.