CELEX: 31977D0220
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 March 1977 authorizing the United Kingdom to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

15 . 3 . 77                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 68 /31
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 3 March 1977
              authorizing the United Kingdom to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                    not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/401 / EEC
                                                        (77/220/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                               The United Kingdom is hereby authorized to permit
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14             for a period expiring on 31 July 1977 the marketing
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),              in its territory of a maximum of 100 tonnes of Wester­
as last amended by Directive 75/444/ EEC (2), and in              wold ryegrass seed ( Lolium multiflorum Lam .) of the
particular Article 17 thereof,                                    category 'certified seed' of the first generation of varie­
                                                                  ties not included either in the common catalogue of
Having regard to the request made by the United                   varieties of agricultural plant species or in its national
Kingdom ,                                                         catalogues of varieties. The official label shall state :
                                                                  ' Intended exclusively for the United Kingdom '.
Whereas in the United Kingdom the production of
Westerwold ryegrass seed complying with the require­
ments of the said Directive has been insufficient in                                       Article 2
1976 and therefore will not be adequate to meet that              The other Member States are hereby authorized to
country's needs ;                                                 permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article
Whereas it is not possible sufficiently to cover this              1 , the marketing in their territory of a maximum of
demand with ' certified seed '        from    other Member         100 tonnes of Westerwold ryegrass seed, provided that
States, or from third countries, of varieties included            it is intended exclusively for the United Kingdom .
either in the common catalogue of varieties of agricul­           The official label shall state : ' Intended exclusively for
tural plant species or in the United Kingdom national             the United Kingdom '.
catalogues of varieties ;
                                                                                           Article 3
Whereas the United Kingdom should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July            Member States shall notify the Commission before 1
1977, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                 November 1977 of the quantities of seed marketed in
species of varieties not included either in the common            their territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commis­
catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in        sion shall inform the other Member States thereof.
the United Kingdom national catalogues of varieties ;
                                                                                           Article 4
Whereas moreover other Member States, which are
able to supply the United Kingdom with seed not                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
complying with the requirements of the Directive,
should be authorized to permit the marketing of such
seed provided that it is intended for the United                  Done at Brussels, 3 March 1977 .
Kingdom ;
                                                                                             For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                                            Finn GUNDELACH
Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                              Vice-President
(') OJ No 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966, p. 2298 / 66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7 . 1975, p. 6 .