CELEX: 31977D0405
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

15. 6. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 147/51
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 10 May 1977
                authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the
                 marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive
                                                         66/401 / EEC
                                                        (77/405/EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   marketing in its territory of a maximum of 32-5
  COMMUNITIES,                                                     tonnes of red clover seed (Trifolium pratense L.) of the
                                                                   category 'certified seed of the first generation' of varie­
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            ties not included in the Common catalogue of varie­
  Economic Community,
                                                                   ties of agricultural plant species or in its national cata­
  Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14            logues of varieties. The official label shall state :
  June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ( 1),            'intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
  as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/ EEC of
  26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
  Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom                                           Article 2
  of the Netherlands,
  Whereas in the Netherlands the production of red                 The other Member States are authorized to permit,
  clover seed complying with requirements of the said              subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
  Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and is not               marketing in their territories of a maximum of 32-5
  adequate to supply the needs of that country ;                   tonnes of red clover seed, provided that such seed is
                                                                   intended exclusively for the Netherlands. The official
  Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs            label shall state : 'intended exclusively for the Nether­
  satisfactorily by such seed from other Member States             lands'.
  or even from third countries ;
  Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands should
i therefore be authorized to permit, for a period                                            Article 3
  expiring on 31 July 1977, the marketing of seed of
  the abovementioned species of varieties not included             The Member States shall notify the Commission
  in the Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural             before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
i plant species or included in the national catalogues of           marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
  varieties of the Kingdom of the Netherlands ;                    The Commission shall inform the other Member
                                                                   States thereof.
  Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
  Member States which are able to supply the Kingdom
  of the Netherlands with this seed not complying with
  requirements of the Directive to permit the marketing                                      Article 4
  of such seed provided that it is intended exclusively
  for the Netherlands ;                                            This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
  2re in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
  Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
  Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                           Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                               For the Commission
                           Article 1
                                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
  The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized to
  permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1977 the                                                 Vice-President
  (') OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
  (2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.