CELEX: 31977D0661
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 October 1977 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

25. 10 . 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 272/7
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 13 October 1977
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                   not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/40 1/EEC
                                                       (77/661 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   ties not included either in the common catalogue of
COMMUNITIES,                                                     varieties of agricultural plant species or in its national
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            catalogues of varieties. The official label shall state :
Economic Community,                                              'Intended exclusively for France'.
Having regard to Council Directive 66/40 1 /EEC of 14            2. The French Republic is hereby authorized to
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1),             permit for a period expiring on 30 June 1978 the
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC (2),             marketing in its territory of a maximum of 200 tonnes
and in particular Article 17 thereof,                            of tall fescue seed (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) of the
Having regard to the request made by the French                  category 'certified seed' of the first generation subject
Republic,                                                        to less stringent requirements with regard to the
                                                                 content of seeds of other cultivated plants laid down
Whereas in the French Republic the production of                 in    Annex    II  to   Council    Directive  66/40 1 /EEC
tall fescue seed complying with the requirements of
the said Directive has been insufficient in 1977 and             provided that the following requirements are satisfied :
therefore will not be adequate to meet that country's            (a) The content of seeds of other cultivated plants
needs ;                                                               shall not exceed 2 % ;
Whereas it is not possible sufficiently to cover this            (b) The official label shall bear the supplementary indi­
demand with certified seed from other Member States,                  cation :
or from third countries, of varieties included either in         'Maximum content of seeds of other cultivated plants :
the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural                2 % ',    -
plant species or in the French national catalogues of            'Intended exclusively for France'.
varieties ;
                                                                                          Article 2
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June           The other Member States are hereby authorized to
 1978, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned               permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article
species of varieties not included either in the common           1 , the marketing in their territory of a maximum of
catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in       500 tonnes of tall fescue seed, provided that it is
the French national catalogues of varieties, as well as a        intended exclusively for France. The official label
category subject to less stringent requirement ;                 shall state :
Whereas moreover other Member States, which are                  'Intended exclusively for France'.
able to supply the French Republic with seed not
complying with the requirements of the Directive,                                         Article 3
should be authorized to permit the marketing of such             Member States shall notify the Commission before 30
seed provided that it is intended for France ;                   September 1978 of the quantities of seed marketed in
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision               their territory pursuant to this Decision. The Commis­
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing               sion shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                       Article 4
                                                                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                         Article 1                               Done at Brussels, 13 October 1977.
1 . The French Republic is hereby authorized to
                                                                                             For the Commission
permit for a period expiring on 30 June 1978 the
marketing in its territory of a maximum of 300 tonnes                                         Finn GUNDELACH
of tall fescue seed (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) of the
category 'certified seed' of the first generation of varie­                                      Vice-President
(!) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.