CELEX: 31977D0662
Language: en
Date: 1977-10-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 October 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC

No L 272/8                          Official Journal of the European Communities                               25 . 10 . 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 13 October 1977
              authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the
              marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive
                                                       66/402/EEC
                                                      (77/662/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 the marketing on its territory of rye seed (Secale
COMMUNITIES,                                                   cereale L.) — winter rye — up to a maximum of
                                                               2 000 tonnes of the category 'certified seed' of the first
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          generation subject to less stringent requirements with
Economic Community,                                            regard to minimum germination capacity laid down
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14            in   Annex     II  to   Council    Directive  66/402/EEC
June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), as last         provided that the following requirements are satisfied :
amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC (2), and in            (a) the germination capacity is at least 80 % of pure
particular Article 17 thereof,                                     seed ;
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom               (b) the official label shall bear the supplementary indi­
of the Netherlands,                                                cation :
Whereas in the Kingdom of the Netherlands the                  'Minimum germination : 80 % ',
production of rye (winter rye) seed complying with             'Intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
requirements of the said Directive has been insuffi­
cient in 1977 and is not adequate to supply the needs                                   Article 2
of that country ;
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs          The other Member States are authorized to permit,
immediately by 'certified seed' from other Member              subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
States or even from third countries, meeting all the           marketing in their territories of a maximum of 2 000
requirements laid down in the said Directive ;                 tonnes of rye seed — winter rye — provided that such
                                                               seed is intended exclusively for the Netherlands. The
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands should                  official label shall state :
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period                'Intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
expiring on 15 November 1977, the marketing of seed
of the abovementioned species of a category subject to
                                                                                        Article 3
less stringest requirements ;
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other           The Member States shall notify the Commission
Member States which are able to supply the Kingdom             before 31 March 1978 of the quantities of seed
of the Netherlands with this seed not complying with           marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
requirements of the Directive to permit the marketing          The Commission shall inform the other Member
of such seed provided that it is intended exclusively          States thereof.
for the Netherlands ;
                                                                                        Article 4
Whereas the Standing Committee on Seed and Propa­
gating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and              This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Forestry has not delivered an opinion within the time
limit set by its chairman,
                                                                Done at Brussels, 13 October 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 15 November 1977                                                Vice-President
(») OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1976, p. 2309/66.
$ OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.