CELEX: 31974D0359
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 June 1974 authorizing the United Kingdom to permit, for a period which expires on 30 June 1975, the marketing of certain species of vegetable seed, harvested before 1 July 1973 and not fully satisfying the prescribed conditions for germination

No L 196/ 16           %          Official Journal of the European Communities                                 19 . 7 . 74
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 13 June 1974
             authorizing the United Kingdom to permit, for a period which expires on 30 June 1975 ,
             the marketing of certain species of vegetable seed, harvested before 1 July 1973 and not
                             fully satisfying the prescribed conditions for germination
                                            (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                       (74/359/ EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    not fully satisfy the conditions for germination laid
COMMUNITIES,                                                      down in the abovementioned Directive ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      Whereas the United Kingdom was obliged to apply
European Economic Community;                                      the abovementioned Directive only from the 1 July
Having regard to the Council Directive of                         1973 and hence the seed in question had been
29 September 1970 (*) on.the marketing of vegetable              produced under the conditions of the former
seed, as last amended by the Council Directive of                 national regulations;
11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 33a               Whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to authorize the
thereof;                                                         United Kingdom to permit the marketing of these
Having regard to the request from the United                      seeds, for a period which expires on 30 June 1975,
Kingdom ;                                                         provided they satisfy the requirements for
                                                                  germination laid down in the abovementioned
Whereas the United Kingdom has still some stocks                  national regulations ;
of onion, leek, celery, red Beet or beetroot,
cauliflower, sprouting broccoli or calabrese, brussels           Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
sprouts, savoy cabbage, cabbage, red cabbage,                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
carrot, runner bean and spinach seed which has                   Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
been harvested there before 1 July 1973 and does                  Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
(') OJ No L 225 , 12 . 10. 1970, p. 7.
(») OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 79.
             HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                         Article 1
             The United Kingdom is authorized to permit the marketing in its territory, for a period
             which expires on the 30 June 1975 , of the following species of vegetable seed which
             have been harvested before 1 July 1973 and do not fully satisfy the conditions laid down
             in Annex II of the Council Directive of 29 September 1970 as to minimum germination,
             under the following conditions :
                       (a) Germination shall be at least :
                           —   Allium cepa L.                                65 % of pure seed ;
                           —   Allium porrum L.                              55 °/o of pure seed ;
                           —   Apium graveolens L.                           60 °/o of pure seed ;
                           —   Beta vulgaris L. var.                         60 % of pure seed ;
                               esculenta L.
                           — Brassica oleracea L. convar. botrytis ( L. ) 65 °/o of pure seed ;
                              Alef. var botrytis
                           — Brassica oleracea L. convar. botrytis ( L. ) 65 %> of pure seed ;
                               Alef. var. italica Plenck
                           — Brassica oleracea L. var.                       70 °/o of pure seed ;
                               bullata subvar. gemmifera DC
                           — Brassica oleracea L. var.                       70 °/o of pure seed ;
                               bullata DC . et var. sefanda L.
                           — Brassica oleracea L. var.                       70 °/o of pure seed;
                               capitata L.f. alba DC.
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                          Brassica oleracea L. var.                70 °/o of pure seed ;
                          capitata L.f. rubra ( L. ) Thell
                          Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus            60 °/o of pure seed ;
                          (Hoffm.) Hayek
                          Phaseolus coccineus L.                   70 °/o of pure seed;
                          Spinacea oleracea L.                     70 % of pure seed;
          (b) The label shall state that the germination is reduced and specify the minimum
              germination laid down under (a).
          (c) The label shall bear the statement 'seed harvested before 1 July 1973 '.
                                                        Article 2
          The United Kingdom shall notify the Commission, before 31 December each year, of
          the quantity of vegetable seed which has been permitted to be marketed in its territory
          pursuant to this Decision. The Commission shall inform the other Member States.
                                                      Article 3
          This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
          Done at Brussels, 13 June 1974.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The President
                                                                   Francois-Xavier ORTOLI