CELEX: 31977D0395
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany and the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 147/40                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                15. 6. 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 10 May 1977
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany and the Italian Republic to permit
              temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council
                                                 Directive 66/401 / EEC
                                                      (77/395/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
COMMUNITIES,                                                    Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ( 1),
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of                                        Article 1
26 June 1 975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,
Having regard to the requests made by the Federal               1 . The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized
Republic of Germany and the Italian Republic,                   to permit for a period expiring on 30 September 1977
                                                                the marketing in its territory of a maximum of 600
Whereas in Germany and in Italy the production of               tonnes of field pea seed (Pisum avense L.) of the cate­
field pea seed complying with requirements of the               gory 'certified seed of the first generation' of varieties
said Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and is not         not included in the Common catalogue of varieties of
adequate to supply the needs of those countries ;               agricultural plant species or in its national catalogues
                                                                of varieties . The official label shall state : 'intended
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs           exclusively for Germany'.
sufficiently by 'certified seed' from other Member
States or even from third countries, of varieties               2. The Italian Republic is authorized to permit for
included in the Common catalogue of varieties of agri­          a period expiring on 30 September 1977 the
cultural plant species or included in the national cata­        marketing in its territory of a maximum of 1 000
logues respectively of the Federal Republic of                  tonnes of field pea seed (Pisum arvense L.) of the cate­
Germany and of the Italian Republic ;                           gory 'certified seed of the first generation' of varieties
                                                                not included in the Common catalogue of varieties of
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany and the                 agricultural plant species or in its national catalogues
Italian Republic should therefore be authorized to              of varieties or of the category 'commercial seed'. The
permit, for a period expiring on 30 September 1977,             official label shall state : 'intended exclusively for
the marketing of seed of the abovementioned species             Italy'.
of varieties not included in the Common catalogue of
varieties of agricultural plant species or included in
the national catalogues of varieties respectively of the                                  Article 2
Federal Republic of Germany and of the Italian Repu­
blic and, in the case of Italy, also seeds of the category      The other Member States are authorized to permit,
'commercial seed'.
                                                                subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , and
                                                                up to the quantities referred to therein, the marketing
Whereas, it appears also desirable to authorize other           in their territories of field pea seed, provided that such
Member States which are able to supply the Federal              seed is intended exclusively for Germany or Italy. The
Republic of Germany and the Italian Republic with               official label shall state 'intended exclusively for
this seed not complying with requirements of the                Germany or Italy' save in the case of 'commercial
Directive to permit the marketing of such seed                  seed' where the official label shall state : 'intended
provided that it is intended exclusively for Germany            exclusively for Italy'.
or Italy ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                        Article 3
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.                        The Member States shall notify the Commission
I2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.                              before 1 December 1977 of the quantities of seed
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marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .    Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
The Commission      shall   inform  the other Member
States thereof.
                                                                                    For the Commission
                       Article 4                                                     Finn GUNDELACH
This Decision is addressed to the Member States .                                       Vice-President