CELEX: 31972R1687
Language: en
Date: 1972-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 1687/72 of the Commission of 2 August 1972 on measures relating to seed harvested before 1 January 1972

Official Journal of the European Communities                                    833
4.8.72                             Official Journal of the European Communities                          No L 177/27
                          REGULATION (EEC) No 1687/72 OF THE COMMISSION
                                                   of 2 August 1972
                            on measures relating to seed harvested before 1 January 1972
THE COMMISSION . OF THE EUROPEAN                  COM­        Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation
MUNITIES,                                                     are in accordance with the Opinion of the
                                                              Management Committee for Seeds ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community;
                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No
2358 /71 1 of 26 October 1971        on the common
                                                                                     Article 1
organization of the market in seeds, and in particular
Articles 9 and 16 thereof;
                                                              Articles 92, 93 and 94 of the Treaty shall not apply
                                                              to aids granted by Member States to persons who on
Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 made                      1 July 1972 possess, in the territory of those States,
provision for the possibility of granting a production        certified seed of the species or groups of varieties
aid for certain seeds ;                                       shown in the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No
                                                              2358/71 which was harvested within Community
Whereas this Community aid will be granted only               territory before 1 January 1971 , is still being
from the 1972/73 marketing year;                              marketed and is intended for use in their territory.
Whereas Council Regulation (EEC) No 1674/722 of 2             The amount of these aids may not exceed the amount
August 1972 laying down general rules for granting            of aid fixed by Council Regulation (EEC) No
and financing aid for seed specifies that aid is granted       1675 /723 fixing aid for seed for the 1972/73
only for seed harvested during the calendar year in           marketing year, less the amount of aid from which
which the marketing year for which that aid was               the product benefited under the national system.
fixed begins ;
                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas certain quantities of seed harvested before 1
January 1972 are still being marketed; whereas this
seed was produced under the national system                   Member      States   shall   notify  the    Commission
operative before the implementation of Regulation             immediately of measures taken under this Regulation.
(EEC) No 2358 /71 and whereas this system included
various protective measures in relation to imports ;
whereas the abolition of these measures could lead to                                 Article 3
a deterioration of marketing conditions for the
products in question ;                                        This Regulation shall enter into force on the day
                                                              following its publication in the Official Journal of the
Whereas it is advisable in these circumstances to             European Communities.
allow the granting of national aids to deal with this
transitional problem ;                                        It shall apply from 1 July 1972 to 30 June 1973 .
1 OJ No L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1 .                              3 OJ No L 177, 4.8.1972, p . 3 .
2 OJ No L 177, 4.8.1972, p . 1 .
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    This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
    States.
    Done at Brussels, 2 August 1972.
                                                                     For the Commission
                                                                         The P" resident
                                                                       S. L. MANSHOLT