CELEX: 31973R0597
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-26 00:00:00
Title: Regulation (EEC) No 597/73 of the Council of 26 February 1973 amending the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organization of the market in seed and Regulation (EEC) No 1674/72 laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for seed

2 . 3 . 73                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                      No L 57/3
                                         REGULATION (EEC) No 597/73 OF THE COUNCIL
                                                             of 26 February 1973
                 amending the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organization
                 of the market in seed and Regulation (EEC) No 1674/72 laying down general rules
                                                   for granting and financing aid for seed
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                               rules for granting and financing aid for seed, by
COMMUNITIES ,                                                             adding to it a reference to the Directive of 30 June
                                                                          1969 referred to above ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No                              HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :
2358/71 ( J ) of 26 October 1971 on the common
organization of the market in seeds, and in parti­
cular Article 3 (4) thereof ;
                                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­                                                                      \
sion ;                                                                     The Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2358/71 is
                                                                           amended by addition of the following headings :
Whereas Council Directive of 30 June 1969 ( 2) on
the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as last
 amended by the Directive of 6 December                                           CCT
 1972 (3), lays down in Article 3 ( 1 ) that the seeds of                      heading                      Description of goods
Linum usitatissimum L. partim-flax may be                                           No
 marketed only if officially certified as 'basic seed' or
 'certified seed' ;
                                                                          ex 12.01             Linum usitatissimum L. partim           Flax
                                                                          ex 12.03 C           Arrhenatherum elatius ( L)
Whereas the production of certified seeds is particu­                                          J. et C. Presl .               Tall oakgrass
larly costly to the breeder because of the limited
 market, and to the seed grower because of the poor
 return on seed and of the problems involved in
rippling ; whereas, therefore, growers too often use                                                   Article 2
poor quality seed grown by themselves ;
                                                                           1.       The following shall be substituted for the first
Whereas, moreover, tall oakgrass (Arrhenatherum                            indent of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC) No 1674/
elatius ( L) J. et C. Presl .) falling under heading No                    72 :
 12.03 of the Common Customs Tariff is of consider­
able economic interest in certain areas ;                                       '— as defined in the Council Directive of 14
                                                                                       June 1966 ( 3 ) on the marketing of fodder
Whereas provision should therefore be made for                                         plant seed and by the Council Directive of
encouraging the production of basic and certified                                      30 June 1969 (4 ) on the marketing of seed of
seed of flax and tall oakgrass by granting aid ;                                       oil and fibre plants, as last amended by the
 whereas this ^product should for that reason be                                       Council Directive of 6 December 1972 (5).'
 included in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No
 2358 /71 ;                                                                2.       The footnote (4) in Regulation (EEC ) No 1674/
                                                                           72 is replaced by the following footnotes :
 Whereas it is also necessary to amend Article 1 ( 1 ),
 first indent, of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No                                 '(4 ) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969 , p. 3 .
 1674/72 (4 ) of 2 August 1972 laying down general                               ( 5 ) OJ No L 287, 26 . 12 . 1972, p. 22'.
H    OJ  No   L   246 , 5 . 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .                                                         Article 3
(2)  OJ   No  L   169 , 10 . 7 . 1969, p. 3 .
( 3) OJ   No  L   287 , 26 . 12 . 1972 , p. 22.
(4 ) OJ   No  I.  177 , 4 . 8 . 1972 , p. 1 .                              This Regulation shall apply from 1 July 1973
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          This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member
          States .
          Done at Brussels, 26 February 1973 .
                                                                   For the Council
                                                                     The President
                                                                       E. GLINNE