CELEX: 31977D0546
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 August 1977 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 216/ 12                        Official Journal of the European Communities                              24. 8 . 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 2 August 1977
               authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                     not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/40 1 /EEC
                                                      (77/546/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                            The French Republic is authorized' to permit for a
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14           period expiring on 30 September 1977 the marketing
                                                               in its territory of a maximum of 200 tonnes of tall
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1),           fescue seed (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) of the cate­
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of
26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
                                                               gory 'certified seed' of the first generation of varieties
                                                               not included in the 'Common catalogue of varieties of
Having regard to the request made by the French                agricultural plant species' or in its national catalogues
Republic,                                                      of varieties. The official label shall state : ' Intended
                                                               exclusively for France'.
Whereas in France the production of tall fescue seed
complying with requirements of the said Directive has                                  Article 2
been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate to                                                       • •
supply the needs of that country ;                             The other Member States are authorized to permit,
                                                               subject to the conditions laid down iA Article 1 , the
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs          marketing in their territories of a maximum of 200
sufficiently by 'certified seed' from other Member             tonnes of tall fescue seed (Festuca arundinacea
States   or   even  from   third   countries   of varieties
                                                               Schreb.) provided that such seed is intended exclu­
included in the 'Common catalogue of varieties of agri­        sively for France. The official label shall state :
cultural plant species' or included in the national cata­      'Intended exclusively for France'.
logues of varieties of the French Republic ;
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be                                        Article 3
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30              The Member States shall notify the Commission
September 1977 the marketing of seed of the above­             before 1 December 1977 of the quantities of seed
mentioned species of varieties not included in the              marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
'Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant           The Commission shall inform the other Member
 species' or included in the national catalogues of varie­      States thereof.
 ties of the French Republic ;
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other                                    Article 4
 Member States which are able to supply the French             This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
 Republic with this seed not complying with require­
 ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of
 such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for         Done at Brussels, 2 August 1977.
 France ;
                                                                                          For the Commission
 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                                        Fipn GUNDELACH
 Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
 Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                      Vice-President
 (!) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
 (2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.