CELEX: 31975D0286
Language: en
Date: 1975-04-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 April 1975 authorizing the Republic of Italy to permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1975 the marketing of seed of sunflower not complying with the requirements in the Council Directive on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants

No L 122/ 14                                 Official Journal of the European Communities                               14.- 5 . 75
                                                       COMMISSION DECISION
                                                             of 18 April 1975
               authorizing the Republic of Italy to permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1975 the
               marketing of seed of sunflower not complying with the requirements in the Council
                                  Directive on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants
                                                    ( Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                               (75 /286/EEC )
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                            Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES ,                                                             are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
                                                                          Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Having regard to             the Treaty         establishing   the        Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
European Economic Community ;
                                                                          HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Council Directive of 30 June
1969 ( x ) on the marketing of oil and fibre plants,
as last amended by the Council Directive of                                                      Article 1
11 December 1973 (2 ) and in particular Article 16
thereof;                                                                  The Republic of Italy is authorized to permit the
                                                                          marketing in its territory, for a period expiring on
Having regard to the request submitted by the Re­                         31 July 1975 , of 200 metric tons of 'commercial
public of Italy ;                                                         seed' of sunflower ( Helianthus annuus L. ). The
                                                                          prescribed label shall bear the words 'for marketing
Whereas, owing to unfavourable weather conditions                         in Italy only '.
during the autumn of 1974, it was not possible in
the Republic of Italy to sow the planned acreage of
                                                                                                 Article 2
different plant species ; whereas that country will as
a result be forced to replace part of the winter forms
of plant species by spring forms ; whereas the demand                     The Republic of Italy will report to the Commission
for certified seed of the spring forms will in conse­                     before 1 November 1975 the quantity of ' commercial
quence increase substantially ; whereas production of                     seed ' which has been permitted to be marketed in its
certified seed of sunflower in the Republic of Italy                      territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commission
 is insufficient to meet the increased demand ;                           shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand by
certified seed of sunflower from other Member States ;                                           Article 3
Whereas it is consequently appropriate to authorize                       This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Italy .
the Republic of Italy to permit for a period expiring
on 31 July 1975 the marketing of ' commercial seed '
                                                                          Done at Brussels, 18 April 1975 .
of varieties of sunflower ;
                                                                                                       For the Commission
                                                                                                         P. J. LARDINOIS
i 1) OJ No 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969 , p . 3 .
 ( 2 ) OJ No L 356 , 27 . 12 . 1973 , p . 79 .                                                    Member of the Commission