CELEX: 31979D0237
Language: en
Date: 1979-02-08 00:00:00
Title: 79/237/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1979 authorizing the Kingdom of Denmark to permit temporarily the marketing of cereal seed in packaging with traditional marking (Only the Danish text is authentic)

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31979D0237

79/237/EEC: Commission Decision of 8 February 1979 authorizing the Kingdom of Denmark to permit temporarily the marketing of cereal seed in packaging with traditional marking (Only the Danish text is authentic)  

Official Journal L 052 , 02/03/1979 P. 0021 - 0021

****( 1 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 , 7 . 1966 , P . 2309/66 .  ( 2 ) OJ NO L 236 , 26 . 8 . 1978 , P . 13 .    COMMISSION DECISION   OF 8 FEBRUARY 1979   AUTHORIZING THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK TO PERMIT TEMPORARILY THE MARKETING OF CEREAL SEED IN PACKAGING WITH TRADITIONAL MARKING  ( ONLY THE DANISH TEXT IS AUTHENTIC )  ( 79/237/EEC )   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN   COMMUNITIES ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,   HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 66/402/EEC OF 14 JUNE 1966 ON THE MARKETING OF CEREAL SEED ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY DIRECTIVE 78/692/EEC ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 10 ( 3 ) THEREOF ,   HAVING REGARD TO THE REQUEST MADE BY THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK ,   WHEREAS CEREAL SEED MAY NOT NORMALLY BE PLACED ON THE MARKET UNLESS MARKING SATISFIES THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE ;   WHEREAS , UNDER THOSE PROVISIONS , PRINTING OF THE PRESCRIBED INFORMATION ON THE PACKAGE ITSELF ACCORDING TO THE MODEL LABEL GENERALLY REQUIRED MAY BE AUTHORIZED AT COMMUNITY LEVEL ;   WHEREAS , HOWEVER , UNDER THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 10 ( 3 ) OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE , MEMBER STATES MAY BE AUTHORIZED , BY DEROGATION FROM THE ABOVEMENTIONED PROVISIONS , TEMPORARILY TO RETAIN PROVISIONS ALLOWING THE MARKETING OF CEREAL SEED THE PACKAGING OF WHICH INCLUDES THE PRESCRIBED INFORMATION BUT IN A DIFFERENT LAYOUT FROM THAT OF THE MODEL LABEL ;   WHEREAS THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK HAS REQUESTED SUCH AUTHORIZATION ;   WHEREAS THE REQUEST OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK SHOULD BE GRANTED , UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS WHICH ENSURE THAT RESPONSIBILITY RESTS WITH THE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY ;   WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DECISION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SEEDS AND PROPAGATING MATERIAL FOR AGRICULTURE , HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ,   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :   ARTICLE 1   1 .  THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED , UNDER THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN PARAGRAPH 2 , TO RETAIN UNTIL 30 JUNE 1980 PROVISIONS ALLOWING THE MARKETING OF CEREAL SEED OF THE CATEGORIES ' BASIC SEED '  AND ' CERTIFIED SEED '  OF ALL KINDS , THE PACKAGING OF WHICH INCLUDES THE PRESCRIBED INFORMATION , BUT IN A DIFFERENT LAYOUT FROM THAT OF THE MODEL LABEL .   2 .  THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SHALL APPLY IN RESPECT OF THE AUTHORIZATION GRANTED IN PARAGRAPH 1 :  ( A ) THE PRESCRIBED INFORMATION SHALL BE PRINTED OR STAMPED INDELIBLY ON THE PACKAGE ;  ( B ) THE COLOUR OF THE PRINTING OR THE STAMP AND THAT OF THE PACKAGE SHALL BE SUCH THAT THERE IS NO RISK , TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE PROVISIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF DIRECTIVE 66/402/EEC , OF CONFUSION WITH SEED OF ANOTHER CATEGORY ;  ( C ) OF THE PRESCRIBED INFORMATION , AT LEAST THAT REQUIRED UNDER ANNEX IV , PART A ( A ) ( 3 ), ( 3A ) AND ( 6 ) OF DIRECTIVE 66/402/EEC SHALL NOT BE PRINTED OR STAMPED BEFORE SAMPLES HAVE BEEN TAKEN PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE , THE PRINTING OR STAMPING BEING DONE OFFICIALLY OR UNDER OFFICIAL SUPERVISON ;  ( D ) THE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY SHALL KEEP RECORDS OF THE QUANTITIES OF SEED THUS MARKED , INCLUDING THE NUMBER AND CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGES OF EACH LOT ;  ( E ) PRODUCERS '  RECORDS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION BY THE CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY .   ARTICLE 2   THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION EACH YEAR OF THE QUANTITIES OF CEREAL SEED MARKETED PURSUANT TO THIS DECISION . THE COMMISSION SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES THEREOF .   ARTICLE 3   THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK .   DONE AT BRUSSELS , 8 FEBRUARY 1979 .   FOR THE COMMISSION   FINN GUNDELACH   VICE-PRESIDENT