CELEX: 31973D0436
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 November 1973 authorizing the Republic of France to allow the marketing of seeds of white clover subject to reduced requirements up to and including 30 June 1974

No L 355/70                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    24. 12. 73
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 29 November 1973
              authorizing the Republic of France to allow the marketing of seeds of white clover
                          subject to reduced requirements up to and including 30 June 1974
                                              ( Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (73/436/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     of non certified seed of the sub-specie Trifolium re­
COMMUNITIES ,                                                      pens L. var. giganteum up to and including 30 June
                                                                   1974, under the following conditions ;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­                 ( a) the seeds comply with the conditions fixed in
pean Economic Community ;                                               Annex II of the Council Directive of 14 June 1966
                                                                        concerning the marketing of fodder-plant seeds ;
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June
1966 (*) concerning the marketing of fodder-plant                  ( b) the packaging of the seeds in question is provided
seeds, as last amended by the Council Directive of                      with an official label, coloured brown, bearing
6 December 1972 (2) and in particular Article 17                        at least the following information :
thereof;
                                                                        — an indication that the seeds have not been
                                                                             officially certified,
Having regard to the request from the Republic of
France :                                                                — coritrolling authority,
Whereas the production of seeds of the category                         — the specie,
'certified seed' of the sub-specie Trifolium repens                     — the reference number of the lot,
L. var. giganteum is too low and is therefore insuf­
ficient to meet the provisioning needs of the Republic                  — the declared net or gross weight.
of France ;
                                                                                                Article 2
Whereas it is impossible to supply these needs satis­
factorily from certified seed in other Member States ;
                                                                   The Republic of France will report to the Com­
Whereas it is consequently appropriate to authorize                mission before 1 October 1974 the quantities of seed
the Republic of France to allow the marketing of                   subject to reduced requirements, which have been
                                                                   allowed to be marketed on its territory under the
seeds of the sub-specie Trifolium repens L. var. gi­
ganteum subject to reduced requirements up to and                  authority of the present Decision. The Commission
                                                                   will    inform the      other Member States         of these
including 30 June 1974;
                                                                   quantities.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Permanent                                            Article 3
Committee for Agricultural, Horticultural and
Forestry Plants,
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Republic of France.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 29 November 1973 .
                                                                                                        For the Commission
                        Article 1
                                                                                                           The President
The Republic of France is authorized to allow the
marketing on its territory of a maximum of 450 tons                                                  Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
H OJ No 125 , 11 . 7. 1966, p . 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 287, 26. 12. 1972 , p . 22.