CELEX: 31975D0217
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1975 authorizing the French Republic to permit the marketing of seed of monoecious hemp and sunflower, for a period which expires on 31 July 1975, not complying with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants

No L 96/ 8                               Official Journal of the European Communities                              17 . 4 . 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                          of 1 9 March 1975
                authorizing the French Republic to permit the marketing of seed of monoecious
                hemp and sunflower, for a period which expires on 31 July 1975 , not complying
                with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of seed
                                                       of oil and fibre plants
                                                  (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                             (75/21 7/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                         Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community ;                                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the Council Directive of 30 June
 1969 (') on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre                                           Article 1
 plants, as last amended by the Council Directive of 1 1
 December 1 973 (2 ), and in particular Article 16                     The French Republic is authorized to permit the
 thereof ;                                                             marketing in its territory, for a period which expires
                                                                       on 31 July 1975 , of
 Having regard to the request made by the French
                                                                       (a) 150 metric tons of 'commercial seed ' of monoe­
 Republic ;
                                                                           cious hemp ( Cannabis sativa) L.), and
Whereas owing to unfavourable weather conditions                       (b) 90 metric tons of 'commercial seed ' of sunflower
 during the autumn of 1974 it was not possible to sow                      ( Helianthus a nun us L.).
 the planned acreage with different plant species ;
whereas therefore the Republic of France will be                                              Article 2
 forced to substitute part of the winter forms of plant
species by spring forms ; whereas therefore the                        The French Republic will report to the Commission
demand for the certified seed of the spring forms will                 before 1 November 1975 the quantity of 'commercial
increase substantially ; whereas therefore the produc­                 seed ' which has been permitted to be marketed in its
tion of certified seed of monoecious hemp and                          territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commission
sunflower in the French Republic is insufficient to                    shall inform the other Member States thereof.
 meet the increased demand ;
Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand by                                            Article 3
certified seed of monoecious hemp and sunflower
 from other Member States ;                                            This Decision is addressed to the French Republic .
Whereas it is consequently appropriate to authorize
the French Republic to permit the marketing of                         Done at Brussels , 19 March 1975 .
'commercial seed ' of varieties of monoecious hemp
and sunflower for a period which expires on 31 July                                              For the Commission
 1 975 ;
                                                                                                   P.J. LARDINOIS
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing                                          Member of the Commission
(>) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969 , p . 3 .
(•'-) OJ No L 356, 27 . 12 . 1973 , p . 79 .