CELEX: 31977D0223
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 March 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Denmark to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC

No L 68 / 34                          Official journal of the European Communities                                  15 . 3 . 77
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 3 March 1977
             authorizing the Kingdom of Denmark to permit temporarily the marketing of
                seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC
                                                        (77/223/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    marketing in its territory of a maximum of 8 000
COMMUNITIES,                                                      tonnes of oat seed (A vena sativa L.) of the category
                                                                  'certified seed of the first generation' or 'certified seed
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             of the second generation ' which does not satisfy the
Economic Community,
                                                                  requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/ EEC of 14              66/402/ EEC with regard to minimum germination,
June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ('), as last            under the following conditions :
amended by Directive 75/444/ EEC (2), and in parti­               (a) the minimum germination must be at least 75 %
cular Article 17 thereof,
                                                                        of pure seed ;
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom                  (b) the official label shall be marked as follows :
of Denmark,
                                                                        — 'Minimum germination . .
Whereas in the Kingdom of Denmark the production                        — ' Intended exclusively for Denmark'.
of oat seed complying with the requirements of the
said Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and there­
fore will not be adequate to meet that country's                                           A rticle 2
needs ;
                                                                  The other Member States are hereby authorized to
Whereas it is not possible sufficiently to cover this             permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article
demand with certified seed from other Member States,               1 , the marketing in their territories of a maximum of
or from third countries, meeting all the requirements             8 000 tonnes of oat seed, provided that it is intended
laid down in the said Directive ;                                 exclusively for Denmark . The official label shall state :
Whereas the Kingdom of Denmark should therefore                   ' Intended exclusively for Denmark'.
be authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30
June 1977, the marketing of seed of the abovemen­                                          Article 3
tioned species of a category subject to less stringent
 requirements ;
                                                                  Member States shall notify the Commission before 1
Whereas moreover other Member States, which are                   November 1977 of the quantities of seed marketed in
able to supply the Kingdom of Denmark with seed                   their territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commis­
not complying with the requirements of the Directive,             sion shall inform the other Member States thereof.
should be authorized to permit the marketing of such
seed provided that it is intended for Denmark ;
                                                                                           Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 3 March 1977 .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                              For the Commission
                          Article 1
                                                                                               Finn GUNDELACH
The Kingdom of Denmark is hereby authorized to
permit for a period expiring on 30 June 1977 the                                                  Vice-President
(■) OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p . 2309 / 66 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.