CELEX: 31977D0147
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-29 00:00:00
Title: 77/147/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 December 1976 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the German text is authentic)

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31977D0147

77/147/EEC: Commission Decision of 29 December 1976 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species (Only the German text is authentic)  

Official Journal L 047 , 18/02/1977 P. 0066 - 0067

COMMISSION DECISION  of 29 December 1976  authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to restrict the marketing of seed of certain varieties of agricultural plant species  (Only the German text is authentic)  (77/147/EEC)  THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,  Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species (1), as last amended by Council Directive 73/438/EEC of 11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 15 (2) and (3) thereof,  Having regard to the application lodged by the Federal Republic of Germany,  Whereas, under Article 15 (1) of the said Directive, seed and propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species which have been officially accepted during the year 1974 in one or more of the Member States and which fulfil the conditions provided for in this Directive are, after 31 December 1976, no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety within the Community;  Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the said Directive provides that a Member State may be authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating material of certain varieties;  Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has applied for such authorization in respect of varieties of cereals;  Whereas the varieties of maize have not been the subject of official growing trials in the Federal Republic of Germany for the purpose of the German application ; whereas the varieties of maize concerned have an FAO maturity class index of 350 or over ; whereas it is well known that the varieties of maize which have an FAO maturity class index of 350 or over at present are not yet suitable for cultivation in the Federal Republic of Germany (Article 15 (3) (c), second case thereof);  Whereas, therefore, the application of the Federal Republic of Germany in respect of all these varieties should be granted in full;  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:    Article 1 The Federal Republic of Germany shall be authorized to prohibit the marketing in all of its territory of seed of the following varieties listed in the 1977 common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species:  Cereals  Zea mais L.  Armada 452  Atlas UC 2900  Brio "Asgrow 42"  Champion "Pag 40"  Cresus "Pag 36 S"  Dedalo  Defi "Pag 50 HT"  Dekalb XL 373  Diamant UC 5200  Eclair "Pag 51"  Funk's G 23377  Funk's G 68004  Funk's G 68244  Funk's G Aster  (1)OJ No L 225, 12.10.1970, p. 1. (2)OJ No L 356, 27.12.1973, p. 79.   Galeria  Hybridor 464  Hybridor 573  Hybridor 609  Hybridor 664  Hybridor 703  Hybridor 743  Isonzo  Jaguar UC 8700  Kelly UC 3300  Kobe UC 3600  Pactole "Inra 621"  Peruviano  Plata TV 28  Regina  Roffi 730  RX 59  RX 76  RX 78  RX 82  RX 84  RX 86  Saturno TV 33  Saturno TV 34  Silver U 333  Tiger  Tritone  Ulisse.   Article 2 The authorization given in Article 1 shall be withdrawn once it is established that the conditions thereof are no longer being satisfied.   Article 3 The Federal Republic of Germany shall notify the Commission of the date from which it is making use of the authorization given under Article 1 and the detailed methods to be followed. The Commission shall inform the other Member States thereof.   Article 4 This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of Germany.     Done at Brussels, 29 December 1976.  For the Commission  P.J. LARDINOIS  Member of the Commission