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Language: en
Date: 1979-03-20 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 March 1979 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC

No L 69/28                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               20 . 3 . 79
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 1 March 1979
                authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                    not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC
                                                      (79/294/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14             1 . The French Republic is authorized to permit, for
June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (*), as last         a period which expires on 15 April 1979, the
amended by Council Directive 78/ 1020/EEC of 5                 marketing in its territory of a maximum of 500 tonnes
December 1978 (2), and in particular Article 17                of spring wheat seed belonging to the categories 'certi­
thereof,
                                                               fied seed, first generation' and 'certified seed, second
Having regard to the request made by the French                generation' of varieties not included in the 'Common
Republic,                                                      Catalogue of Agricultural Plant Species' or in its
                                                               national catalogues of varieties.
Whereas unfavourable weather conditions during the
winter of 1978/79 have destroyed the majority of               The     official  label  shall   be  marked   as   follows :
sowing in winter wheat ; whereas, therefore, the               Intended exclusively for France.
French Republic will be forced to substitute part of its
winter wheat harvest with spring wheat ; whereas,
                                                               2. The French Republic is authorized to permit, for
therefore, the demand for spring wheat seed will               a period which expires on 15 April 1979, the
increase substantially ; whereas, therefore, the produc­
                                                               marketing in its territory of 60 000 tonnes of spring
tion in the French Republic of certified spring wheat          wheat seed which has not been officially certified, of
seed is insufficient to meet the increased demand ;
                                                               the varieties included in the common catalogue of
Whereas      it has not been possible to cover this            varieties of agricultural plant species or in a national
demand      entirely by certified seed of spring wheat         catalogue of varieties in the Community under the
coming      from other Member States, of varieties             following conditions :
intended    for the 'Common Catalogue of Agricultural
Plant Species' or included in the French catalogues of         (a) the seed shall comply with the requirements laid
                                                                    down for certified seed in Annex II to Council
varieties ;
                                                                    Directive 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal
Whereas it seems expedient to authorize the French                  seed, with the exception of the provisions of items
Republic to permit, for a period which expires on 15                1 and 3 concerning varietal identity and purity ;
April 1979, the marketing of 500 tonnes of certified
seed of spring wheat which do not belong to those              (b) the packages of this seed shall be labelled with an
varieties ;                                                         official brown label, bearing at least the following
                                                                    specifications :
Whereas, however, there will still remain an unful­
filled demand for 60 000 tonnes of spring wheat seed ;              — a statement that this seed has not been subject
                                                                        to official certification,
Whereas it seems expedient therefore to authorize the
                                                                    — the inspection service,
French Republic to permit, for a period which expires
on 15 April 1979, the marketing of seed of some varie­              — the species,
ties of spring wheat satisfying less stringent require­
ments ;
                                                                    — reference number permitting identification of
                                                                        the origin of the seed,
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                  — declared net or gross weight,
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                     — the words 'Intended exclusively for France' ;
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                               (c) the packages of this seed shall be labelled with a
(1 ) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.                           special supplier's label indicating the variety of the
(2) OJ No L 350, 14. 12. 1978, p. 27.                               seed :
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(d) official post-control tests on random check may be         territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commission
     carried out to check whether the indication of            shall inform the other Member States thereof.
     variety was correct.
                         Article 2                                                    Article 4
The other Member States are hereby authorized to              This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article
1 , the marketing in their territory of a maximum of
60 500 tonnes of seed, provided that it is intended
exclusively for France. The official label shall state :       Done at Brussels, 1 March 1979 .
'Intended exclusively for France'.
                                                                                         For the Commission
                          Article 3
                                                                                          Finn GUNDELACH
Member States shall notify the Commission before 15
June 1979 of the quantities of seed marketed in their                                        Vice-President