CELEX: 31977D0397
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

15. 6. 77                              Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 147 /43
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 10 May 1977
               authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                        not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC
                                                         (77/ 397/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     marketing in its territory of a maximum of 300 tonnes
COMMUNITIES,                                                       of tall fescue seed (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) of the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              category 'certified seed of the first generation' of varie­
Economic Community,
                                                                   ties not included in the Common catalogue of varie­
                                                                   ties of agricultural plant species or in its national cata­
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14               logues of varieties or in the category 'commercial
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),               seed'. The official label shall state : ' intended exclu­
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of                 sively for Italy'.
26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
                                                                   2. The Italian Republic is authorized to permit for
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                   a period expiring on 31 July 1977 the marketing in
Republic,                                                          its territory of a maximum of 100 tonnes of white
Whereas in Italy the production of tall fescue seed                clover seed (Trifolium repens var. giganteum) of the
and white clover seed complying with requirements of               category 'certified seed of the first generation' of varie­
the said Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and is            ties not included in the Common catalogue of varie­
not adequate to supply the needs of that country ;                 ties of agricultural plant species or in its national cata­
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs              logues of varieties. The official label shall state :
sufficiently by 'certified seed' from other Member                 'intended exclusively for Italy'.
States or even         from    third  countries  of varieties
included in the Common catalogue of varieties of agri­                                      Article 2
cultural plant species or included in the national cata­
logues of varieties of the Italian Republic ;                      The other Member States are authorized to permit,
                                                                   subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­              marketing in their territories of a maximum of 300
orized to permit, for a period expiring on 30                       tonnes of tall fescue seed (Festuca arundinacea
September 1977 in the case of tall fescue and on 31                 Schreb.) and 100 tonnes of white clover seed (Trifo­
July 1977 in the case of white clover, the marketing                lium repens var. giganteum) provided that such seed is
of seed of the abovementioned species of varieties not              intended exclusively for Italy. The official label shall
included in the Common catalogue of varieties of agri­              state : 'intended exclusively for Italy'.
cultural plant species or included in the national cata­
logues of varieties of the Italian Republic, and, with                                      Article 3
regard to tall fescue, also seeds of the category
'commercial seed' ;                                                 The Member States shall notify the Commission
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other                before 1 December 1977 of the quantities of seed
 Member States which are able to supply the Italian                 marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
 Republic with this seed not complying with require­                The Commission shall        inform   the other Member
 ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of                  States thereof.
 such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for
 Italy ;                                                                                    Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                  This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
 Committee on Seeds and Propagating for Agriculture,
 Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                               For the Commission
                             Article 1
                                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
  1 . The Italian Republic is authorized to permit for
 a period expiring on 30 September 1977 the                                                        Vice-President
 ( l ) OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p. 2298 /66.
 0 OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.