CELEX: 31978D0226
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 February 1978 amending Decision 77/596/EEC authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Directive 66/401/EEC

9 . 3 . 78                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 67 / 37
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 10 February 1978
              amending Decision 77 / 596/ EEC authorizing the French Republic to permit
              temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of
                                                  Directive 66 / 401 / EEC
                                                       (78 / 226/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     from third countries, meeting all the requirements
 COMMUNITIES,                                                      laid down in the said Directive ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             Whereas this period should therefore be extended ;
 Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14              are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),               Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
 as last amended by Directive 75/444/ EEC (2), and in              Agriculture , Horticulture and Forestry,
 particular Article 17 thereof,
 Having regard to the request made by the French                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Republic,
                                                                                           Artide 1
Whereas in France the production of seed of the cate­
gory 'certified seed' of red clover (Trifolium pratense            In Article 1 of Decision 77/ 596/ EEC , for ' 31 October
 L.) was insufficient in 1976 and in 1977 and therefore            1977' read '31 July 1978 for a maximum of 200
will not be adequate to meet that country's needs ;                tonnes of red clover seed of the category "commercial
                                                                   seed "
Whereas Commission Decision 77/ 596/ EEC of 14
September 1977 (}) has already authorized the French                                       Artie e 2
Republic to market 800 tonnes of red clover seed not
complying with the requirements of Directive                       This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
66/401 /EEC, for a period which expired on 31
October 1977 ;
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 10 February 1978 .
Whereas this period has not been sufficient to permit
the marketing of all seed covered by this Decision                                           For the Commission
down to the ultimate user ;
                                                                                              Finn GUNDELACH
Whereas the continuing need cannot be satisfactorily
covered by seed from other Member States, or even                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No 125, II . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7 . 1975, p. 6.
(3) OJ No L 243, 22. 9 . 1977, p. 23 .