CELEX: 31975D0126
Language: en
Date: 1975-02-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 February 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium until 30 April 1975 to approve for marketing certified seed of spring wheat of varieties not included in the 'Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species' or in the Belgian catalogue of varieties

20 . 2. 75                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 46/37
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 7 February 1975
               authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium until 30 April 1975 to approve for
               marketing certified seed of spring wheat of varieties not included in the
               'Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species' or in the Belgian
                                                 catalogue of varieties
                                    (Only the French and Dutch texts are authentic)
                                                       (75/ 126/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Agricultural, 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 (1 ) on the marketing of cereal seed, as last                                         Article 1
amended by the Council Directive of 1 1 December
 1973 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,                  The Kingdom of Belgium is hereby authorized for a
                                                                  period to expire on 30 April 1975, to approve for
Having regard to the request submitted by the                     marketing on its territory spring wheat seed belonging
Kingdom of Belgium ;                                              to the categories 'certified seed of the first generation'
Whereas     due    to  unfavourable    weather  conditions        and 'certified seed of the second generation' of varie­
                                                                  ties which are neither intended for inclusion in the
during the autumn of 1974 it was not possible to sow
sufficient winter wheat in Belgium ; whereas this                 first 'Common catalogue of agricultural plant species'
country is therefore obliged to replace part of its               not included in the Belgian catalogue of varieties, in
winter wheat crop by spring wheat, and as a result the            so far as such varieties are approved in another
                                                                  Member State .
demand for spring wheat seed has increased substan­
tially ; whereas production in Belgium of certified
spring wheat seed is insufficient to meet the increased                                    Article 2
demand ;
                                                                  The Kingdom of Belgium shall before 1 November
Whereas it has not been possible to cover this                     1975 communicate to the Commission particulars of
demand entirely by certified seed of spring wheat                 the quantity of certified seed of spring wheat approved
 from other Member States of varieties intended for
                                                                  for marketing in its territory pursuant to this Deci­
 inclusion in the 'Common catalogue of agricultural               sion . The Commission shall forward this information
 plant species' — and hence permitted since 31                    to the other Member States .
 December 1974 to circulate freely within the territory
 of the Community as originally constituted — or
                                                                                           Article 3
 included in the Belgian catalogue of varieties ;
 Whereas it therefore seems expedient as a first step to          This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
 authorize the Kingdom of Belgium for a period to                  Belgium .
 expire on 30 April 1975 to approve for marketing
 certified seed of spring wheat which does not belong
 to   those   varieties ; whereas    the  Commission      is       Done at Brussels, 7 February 1975 .
 currently examining to what extent it should also
 allow the marketing of commercial seed of spring                                             For the Commission
 wheat ;
                                                                                                P.J. LARDINOIS
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing                                      Member of the Commission
 (■) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.
 (2) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 79.