CELEX: 31978D0160
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 January 1978 amending Commission Decision 77/783/EEC authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC

18 . 2. 78                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 47/ 51
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 13 January 1978
               amending Commission Decision 77/783/EEC authorizing the Italian Republic to
               permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of
                                              Council Directive 66/402/ EEC
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (78/ 160/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   2.     The following Article la shall be added after
 COMMUNITIES,                                                     Article 1 :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 'Article la
 Economic Community,
                                                                      The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14                  permit for a period expiring on 30 June 1978 the
 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ('), as last               marketing in its territory of a maximum of 4 000
 amended by Directive 75/444/EEC (2), and in parti­                   tonnes of rice seed (Oryza sativa L.) of the category
 cular Article 17 thereof,                                            "certified seed of the second generation" subject to
                                                                      less stringent requirements with regard to
 Having regard to the request made by the Italian                     minimum germination capacity and with regard to
 Republic,                                                            the maximum number of red grains laid down in
 Whereas the Commission has authorized, by Decision                   Annex II to Directive 66/402/EEC, under the
 77/783/EEC of 24 November 1977 (3), the Italian                      following conditions :
 Republic to permit the marketing of 8 000 tonnes of                  (a) the number of red grains per 500 grams shall
 rice seed of a category subject to less stringent require­                not exceed 10 ;
 ments with regard to the maximum number of red                       (b) the germination capacity shall be at least 75 %
 grains ;                                                                  of pure seed ;
 Whereas it has turned out that this country's seed                   (c) the official label shall be marked as follows :
 needs can only be assured if the requirements of
 germination capacity are also relaxed for a part of the                   — "maximum number of red grains : 10 per
 abovementioned quantity ;                                                     500 grams",
Whereas     the abovementioned      Decision    should   be
                                                                           — "minimum germination capacity 75 % ",
 amended accordingly ;                                                     — "intended exclusively for Italy".'
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                         Article 2
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
 Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­             This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
 culture, Horticulture and Forestry,
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                      Done at Brussels, 13 January 1978 .
                         Article 1                                                           For the Commission
 1.     In  Article    1   of    Commission       Decision                                    Finn GUNDELACH
77/783/EEC the figure '8 000' shall be replaced by the
figure '4 000'.                                                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No L 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.
\2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.
(J) OJ No L 327, 20 . 12. 1977, p. 39 .