CELEX: 31977D0221
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 March 1977 authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC

No L 68 / 32                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 15 . 3 . 77
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 3 March 1977
               authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                    not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/ EEC
                                                 (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                           (77/221 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        (b) the official label shall be marked as follows :
COMMUNITIES,                                                               — 'Minimum germination 75 % ',
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                      — ' Intended exclusively for Italy'.
Economic Community,                                                   2.     The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/ EEC of 14                  permit, for a period expiring on 30 June 1977, the
June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ('), as last                marketing in its territory of a maximum of 4 000
amended by Directive 75/444/EEC (2), and in parti­                    tonnes of rice seed ( Oryza sativa L) of the category
cular Article 17 thereof,                                             'certified seed of the second generation ' which do not
                                                                      satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                      Directive 66/402/ EEC with regard to the maximum
Republic,                                                             number of ' red grains', under the following condi­
                                                                      tions :
Whereas in the Italian Republic the production of
rice seed complying with the requirements of the said                 (a) the number of ' red grains' per 500 grams shall not
Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and therefore                      exceed 10 ;
will not be adequate to meet that country's needs ;                   (b) the official label shall be marked as follows :
Whereas it is not possible sufficiently to cover this                      — 'Maximum number of red grains : 10 per 500
demand with certified seed from other Member States                            grams',
or from third countries, meeting all the requirements                      — ' Intended exclusively for Italy'.
laid down in the said Directive ;                                     3 . The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­                permit, within the maximum quantities under para­
orized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June                    graphs 1 and 2, the marketing in its territory of rice
 1977, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                    seed { Oryza sativa L) of the category 'certified seed of
species of a category subject to less stringent require­              the second generation ' which satisfy neither the requir­
ments ;
                                                                      ements regarding minimum germination nor those
                                                                      regarding the maximum content of ' red grains',
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                    provided that the whole of the requirements referred
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                    to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are met.
Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                           Article 2
                                                                      The Italian Republic shall notify the Commission
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                           before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
                                                                      marketed in its territory pursuant to this Decision .
                           Article 1                                  The Commission shall        inform   the other Member
                                                                      States thereof.
 1 . The Italian Republic is hereby authorized to
permit, for a period expiring on 30 June 1977, the                                            Article 3
marketing in its territory of a maximum of 6 000
tonnes of rice seed ( 0>yza sativa L.) of the categories              This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
'certified seed of the first generation ' or 'certified seed
of the second generation ' which does not satisfy the                 Done at Brussels , 3 March 1977 .
requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive
66/402/ EEC with regard to minimum germination ,                                                 For the Commission
under the following conditions :                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
(a) the minimum germination must be at least 75 %
      of pure seed ;                                                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , p . 230£ / 66 .
(2 ) OJ No L 196, 26 . 7 . 1975 , p. 6 .