CELEX: 31974D0267
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 May 1974 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit, for a period which expires on 31 December 1974, the marketing of commercial sainfoin seed satisfying less stringent requirements

No L 141 / 18                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 5. 74
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 2 May 1974
               authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit, for a period which
               expires on 31 December 1974, the marketing of commercial sainfoin seed satis­
                                             fying less stringent requirements
                                              (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                         (74/267/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    which expires on 31 December 1974, of a maximum
COMMUNITIES,                                                      of 150 metric tons of sainfoin ( Onobrychis sativa L)
                                                                  seed of the category 'commercial seed' harvested in
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             1973 which does not satisfy the requirements
Economic Community ;                                              regarding minimum germination set out in Annex II
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                 to the Council Directive of 14 June 1976, provided
1 966 ( J) on the marketing of fodder plant seed, as last         the following requirements are satisfied :
amended by the Council Directive of 11 December
1973 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof ;
                                                                  (a) germination must be at least 70 % of pure seed ;
                                                                  (b) the official label must state that the germination
Having regard to the request made by the Federal                      properties of the seed are reduced : minimum
Republic of Germany ;                                                 germination 70 % .
Whereas the production in the Federal Republic of
Germany of sainfoin seed (Onobrychis sativa L.), satis­
                                                                                          Article 2
fying the requirements regarding minimum germina­
tion, is not sufficient ;
                                                                  The Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the
Whereas needs cannot be adequately met by sainfoin                Commission by 1 February 1975 of the quantity of
seed, satisfying all the requirements necessary for               commercial sainfoin seed permitted to be marketed in
marketing, coming from other Member States ;                      its territory pursuant to this Directive. The Commis­
                                                                  sion shall inform the other Member States .
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany should
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period which
expires on 31 December 1974, the marketing of                                             Article 3
commercial sainfoin seed satisfying less stringent
requirements ;                              1
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                Germany.
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 2 May 1974.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                            For the Commission
                          Article 1
                                                                                                The President
The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to
permit the marketing in its territory, for a period                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(•) OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p . 2298 /66.
(2) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973 , p . 79 .