CELEX: 31977D0394
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

15. 6. 77                          Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 147/39
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 10 May 1977
              authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the
              marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive
                                                       66/401 / EEC
                                                      (77/394/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                              The Federal Republic of Germany is authorized to
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14            permit for a period expiring on 30 September 1977
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1 ),            the marketing in its territory of a maximum of 440
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of               tonnes of field beans seed (Vicia faba L. var. minor
26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,          (Peterm .) Bull) of the category 'certified seed of the
                                                                 first generation' of varieties not included in the
Having regard to the request made by the Federal                 Common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant
Republic of Germany,                                             species or in its national catalogues of varieties. The
Whereas in Germany the production of certified seed              official label shall state : 'intended exclusively for
of field beans complying with requirements of said               Germany'.
Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and is not
adequate to supply the needs of that country ;                                           Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs            The other Member States are authorized to permit,
sufficiently by 'certified seed' from other Member               subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
States   or even    from   third   countries  of varieties       marketing in their territories of a maximum of 440
included in the Common catalogue of varieties of agri­           tonnes of field beans seed, provided that such seed is
cultural plant species or included in the national cata­         intended exclusively for Germany. The official label
logues of varieties of the Federal Republic of                   shall state : 'intended exclusively for Germany'.
Germany ;
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany should                                           Article 3
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period
                                                                 The Member States shall notify the Commission
expiring on 30 September 1977, the marketing of seed
                                                                 before 1 December 1977 of the quantities of seed
of the abovementioned species of varieties not
                                                                 marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
 included in the Common catalogue of varieties of agri­          The Commission shall inform the other Member
cultural plant species or included in the national cata­         States thereof.
logues of varieties of the Federal Republic of
Germany ;
                                                                                         Article 4
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
Member States which are able to supply the Federal               This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Republic of Germany with this seed not complying
with requirements of the Directive to permit the
 marketing of such seed provided that it is intended             Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
exclusively for Germany ;
                                                                                           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 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.