CELEX: 31978D0286
Language: en
Date: 1978-02-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22 February 1978 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Directive 69/208/EEC

No L 74/ 30                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 16 . 3 . 78
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 22 February 1978
                 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the
                  marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Directive 69/208 /EEC
                                                            (78/286/ EEC)
  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
  COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                                Article 1
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,                                                 The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized to
                                                                      permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1978 , the
  Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30                 marketing in its territory of a maximum of 15 tonnes
  June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre                 of caraway seed (Carum carvi L.) of the category
  plants ('), as last amended by Directive 78 /55/EEC (2),            'commercial     seed'. The     official  label shall  state :
  and in particular Article 17 thereof,                               'intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
  Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom
                                                                                                Article 2
  of the Netherlands,
                                                                      The other Member States are authorized to permit,
  Whereas in the Netherlands the production of
                                                                      subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
  caraway seed complying with requirements of the said
  Directive has been insufficient in 1977 and is not                  marketing in their territories of a maximum of 15
                                                                      tonnes of caraway seed, provided that such seed is
  adequate to supply the needs of that country ;                      intended exclusively for the Netherlands . The official
  Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs               label shall state : 'intended exclusively for the Nether­
^ satisfactorily by seed from other Member States or                  lands'.
  even from thircj countries, meeting all the require­
  ments laid down in the said Directive ;                                                       Article 3
  Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands should                       The Member States shall notify the Commission
  therefore be authorized to permit, for a period                     before 1 November 1978 of the quantities of seed
  expiring on 31 July 1978 , the marketing of seed of                 marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
                                                                      The Commission         shall  inform    the other Member
  the abovementioned species ;                                        States thereof.
  Whereas it also appears desirable to authorize other
                                                                                                Article 4
  Member States which are able to supply the Kingdom
  of the Netherlands with this seed not complying with                This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
  requirements of the Directive to permit the marketing
  of such seed provided that it is intended exclusively                Done at Brussels, 22 February 1978 .
  for the Netherlands ;
                                                                                                   For the Commission
  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
  are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                                                Finn GUNDELACH
  Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
  Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                              Vice-President
  (') OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7. 1969, p . 3 .
  (2) OJ No L 16, 20. 1 . 1978, p. 23 .