CELEX: 31975D0218
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit, for a period which expires on 30 April 1975, the marketing of seed of spring wheat not complying with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of cereal seed

17 . 4 . 75                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                   No L 96 /9
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 19 March 1975
               authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit, for a period which
               expires on 30 April 1975 , the marketing of seed of spring wheat not complying
               with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of
                                                           cereal seed
                                               (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                          (75/21 8 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        seed of some varieties of spring wheat satisfying less
COMMUNITIES,                                                          stringent requirements ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Economic Community ;                                                  are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
                                                                      Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                     Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
1966 (') on the marketing of cereal seed , as last
amended by the Council Directive of 1 1 December
1 973 (2 ), and in particular Article 17 thereof ;
                                                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom
of the Netherlands ;
Whereas owing to unfavourable weather conditions                                                 Article 1
during the autumn of 1974 it was not possible to sow
sufficient    winter   wheat ;     whereas     therefore   the         1 . The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized
Kingdom of the Netherlands will be forced to substi­                  to permit, for a period which expires on 30 April
tute part of its winter wheat harvest with spring                     1975, the marketing in its territory of spring wheat
wheat ; whereas therefore the demand for spring                       seed belonging to the categories 'certified seed , first
wheat seed will increase substantially ; whereas there­               generation' and 'certified seed, second generation' of
fore the production in the Kingdom of the Nether­                     varieties which are neither intended for inclusion in
lands of certified spring wheat seed is insufficient to               the first ' Common Catalogue of Agricultural Plant
meet the increased demand ;                                           Species' — nor included in the Dutch catalogue of
                                                                      varieties , in so far as such varieties are admitted in
Whereas it has not been possible to cover this                        another Member State .
demand entirely by certified seed of spring wheat
coming from other Member States, of varieties                         2 . The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized
intended for inclusion in the first ' Common Cata­
                                                                      to permit, for a period which expires on 30 April
logue of Agricultural Plant Species' — varieties which                 1975, the marketing in its territory of 5 000 metric
since 31 December 1974 are in free trade within the
                                                                      tons of spring wheat seed which has not been offi­
territory of the Community as originally constituted                  cially certified , of the varieties Bastion , Fundus,
— or included in the Dutch catalogue of varieties ;                   Kaspar, Kolibri , Melchior, Orca , Selpek and Toro,
                                                                      under the following conditions :
Whereas, it seems expedient to authorize the
Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit, for a period                    (a) the seed shall comply with the requirements laid
which expires on 30 April 1975 , the marketing of                          down in Annex II to the Council Directive of 14
certified seed of spring wheat which do not belong to                      June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed , with
those varieties ;                                                          the exception of the provisions of items 1 and 3
                                                                           concerning varietal identity and purity ;
Whereas , however, there will still remain an unful­
filled demand for 5 000 metric tons of spring wheat                   (b) the packages of this seed shall be labelled with an
seed ;                                                                     official brown label , bearing at least the following
                                                                           specifications :
Whereas it seems expedient therefore to authorize the
Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit, for a period                         — a statement that this seed has not been subject
which expires on 30 April 1975 , the marketing of                               to official certification ,
                                                                           — the inspection service,
(!) OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966 , p . 2309 / 66 .
H Oj No L 3.S6, 27 . 12 . 1973 , p . 79 .                                  — the species ,
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    — reference number of lot,                                spring wheat seed which has been marketed in its
    — declared net or gross weight,                            territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commission
                                                              shall inform the other Member States thereof.
    — only intended for marketing in the Kingdom
        of the Netherlands ;
                                                                                      Article 3
(c) the packages of this seed shall be labelled with a
    special supplier's label indicating and guaranteeing      This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
    the variety of the seed ;                                  Netherlands .
(d) official post-control tests shall be carried out to
    check whether the indication of variety was                Done at Brussels, 19 March 1975 .
    correct .
                                                                                         For the Commission
                         Article 2
                                                                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
The Kingdom of the Netherlands will report to the
Commission before 1 November 1975 the quantity of                                   Member of the Commission