CELEX: 31975D0219
Language: en
Date: 1975-03-19 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 March 1975 authorizing the United Kingdom to permit, for a period which expires on 30 June 1975, the marketing of seed of broad bean not complying with the requirements set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of vegetable seed

17 . 4 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 96/ 11
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 19 March 1975
               authorizing the United Kingdom to permit, for a period which expires on 30
               June 1975 , the marketing of seed of broad bean not complying with the require­
                 ments set out in the Council Directive on the marketing of vegetable seed
                                                (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                           (75/21 9/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         1975 , of not more than 600 metric tons of seed of
COMMUNITIES,                                                          broad bean ( Vicia faba major L.) belonging to the
                                                                      categories 'certified seed ' or 'standard seed', harvested
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 in 1974, which do not satisfy the requirements set out
 Economic Community ;
                                                                      in Annex II to the Council Directive of 29 September
Having regard to the Council Directive of 29                           1 970 as to minimum germination , provided the
September 1 970 (') on the marketing of vegetable                     following requirements are satisfied :
seed, as amended by the Council Directive of 1 1
December 1 973 (2), and in particular Article 33                      (a) the germination must be at least 60 % of pure
                                                                           seed ;
thereof ;
                                                                      (b) the prescribed label must state that the germina­
Having regard to the request from the United                               tion is reduced : ' minimum germination — 60 % '.
Kingdom ;
Whereas the United Kingdom has produced insuffi­
cient quantities of seed of broad bean ( Vicia faba                                             Article 2
 major L.) satisfying the requirements as to minimum
germination ;                                                         The United Kingdom shall notify the Commission by
Whereas needs cannot be adequately met by seed of                     1 November 1975 of the quantities of certified and
broad bean , satisfying all the requirements of the                   standard seed of broad bean marketed in its territory
Directive , from other Member States ;                                pursuant to this Decision . The Commission shall
                                                                      inform the other Member States .
Whereas the United Kingdom should therefore be
authorized to permit the marketing of seed of broad
bean satisfying less stringent requirements as to                                               Article 3
minimum germination for the period until 30 June
 1 975 ;                                                              This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom of
                                                                      Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
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,
                                                                      Done at Brussels , 19 March 1975 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                  For the Commission
                           Article 1
                                                                                                     P.J. LARDINOIS
The United Kingdom is authorized to permit the
marketing in its territory, for the period until 30 June                                       Member of the Commission
(') OJ No L 225, 12 . 10 . 1970 , p . 7 .
(2 ) OJ No L 356 , 27 . 12 . 1973 , p . 79 .