CELEX: 31975D0216
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to permit, for a period which expires on 30 April 1975, the marketing of seed of some varieties of spring wheat not complying with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of cereal seed

No L 96/ 6                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                                     17 . 4 . 75
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 19 March 1975
              authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to permit, for a period which expires on
              30 April 1975 , the marketing of seed of some varieties of spring wheat not
              complying with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the
                                                        marketing of cereal seed
                                            (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                               (75/21 6/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
COMMUNITIES,                                                              Agriculture , Horticulture and Forestry,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community ;
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June
1966 (') on the marketing of cereal seed, as last
amended by the Council Directive of 1 1 December                                                     Art iclt- 1
1973 (2 ), and in particular Article 17 thereof ;
                                                                          The Kingdom of Belgium is authorized to permit, for
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom                          a period which expires on 30 April 1975, the
of Belgium ;                                                              marketing in its territory of 3 000 metric tons of
                                                                          spring wheat seed which has not been officially certi­
Whereas owing to unfavourable weather conditions
                                                                          fied , of the varieties Arabel , Aroso, Capta , Carol , Cesar,
during the autumn of 1974 it was not possible to sow
sufficient   winter      wheat ;      whereas       therefore   the
                                                                          Fylby, Gaby, Jufy I , Jufy II , Maris Ensign , Phoebus
                                                                          and Rex Vilmorin , under the following conditions :
Kingdom of Belgium will be forced to substitute part
of its winter wheat harvest with spring wheat ; whereas                   (a) the seed shall comply with the requirements laid
therefore the demand for spring wheat seed will                                down in Annex II to the Council Directive of 14
increase substantially ; whereas the production in the                         June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed , with
Kingdom of Belgium of certified spring wheat seed is                           the exception of the provisions of items 1 and 3
insufficient to meet the increased demand ;                                    concerning varietal identity and purity ;
Whereas it has not been possible to cover this                            (b) the packages of this seed shall be labelled with an
demand entirely by certified seed of spring wheat                              official brown label , bearing at least the following
coming from other Member States, of varieties                                  specifications :
intended for inclusion in the first ' Common Cata­
logue of Agricultural Plant Species' — or included in                          — a statement that this seed has not been subject
the Belgian catalogue of varieties ;                                                to official certification ,
                                                                               — the inspection service,
Whereas the Commission has already authorized , by
its Decision of 7 February | 975 (:'), the Kingdom of                          — the species ,
Belgium to permit the marketing of certified spring                            — reference number of lot ,
wheat seed which do not belong to those varieties ;                            — declared net or gross weight,
Whereas , however, there will still remain an unful­                           — only intended for marketing in the Kingdom
filled demand for 3 000 metric tons of spring wheat                                 of Belgium ;
seed ;
                                                                          (c) the packages of this seed shall be labelled with a
Whereas it seems expedient therefore to authorize the                          special supplier's label indicating and guaranteeing
Kingdom of Belgium to permit, for a period which                               the variety of the seed ;
expires on 30 April 1975, the marketing of seed of
some varieties of spring wheat satisfying less stringent                  (d) official post-control tests shall be carried out to
requirements ;                                                                 check whether the indication of variety was
                                                                               correct .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
                                                                                                      Article 2
(') OJ No 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , p . 2309 / 66 .
(-') OJ No L 356 , 27 . 12 . 1973 , p . 79 .                              The Kingdom of Belgium will report to the Commis­
( 3 ) OJ No L 46 , 20 . 2 . 1975 , p . 37 .                               sion before 1 November 1975 the quantity of spring
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wheat seed satisfying less stringent requirements          Done at Brussels, 19 March 1975.
which has been marketed in its territory pursuant to
this Decision . The Commission shall inform the other
Member States thereof.
                                                                                  For the Commission
                      Article 3
                                                                                    P.J. LARDINOIS
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Belgium .                                                                      Member of the Commission