CELEX: 31977D0165
Language: en
Date: 1977-02-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 February 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to permit temporarily the marketing of red clover seed not complying with Community conditions

No L 51 / 18                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               23 . 2 . 77
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 7 February 1977
               authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to permit temporarily the marketing of
                           red clover seed not complying with Community conditions
                                (Only the Danish , Dutch and French texts are authentic)
                                                       (77/ 165/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                          Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                              1 . The Kingdom of Belgium is hereby authorized
                                                                 to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July 1977, the
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14            marketing in its territory of a maximum of 100 tonnes
 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),            of red clover seed (Trifolium pratense L.) of the cate­
 as last amended by Directive 75/444/EEC (2), and in             gory 'certified seed' of the first generation of varieties
 particular Article 17 thereof,                                  not included in the common catalogue of varieties of
                                                                 agricultural plant species or in its national catalogue
 Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom                of varieties . The official label shall bear the words :
 of Belgium,
                                                                 ' Intended exclusively for Belgium '.
 Whereas in Belgium the production of red clover seed            2. The Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
 of the category 'certified seed' has been insufficient in       Kingdom of Denmark are hereby authorized to
 1975 and therefore will not be adequate to supply               permit, under the same conditions, the marketing of a
 Belgian requirements ;                                          maximum of 100 tonnes of red clover seed, provided
Whereas it has not been possible adequately to meet              that such seed is intended exclusively for the
 this demand with 'certified seed ' from other Member            Kingdom of Belgium . The official label shall bear the
 States or non-member countries, of varieties included           words : ' Intended exclusively for Belgium'.
 in the Belgian catalogues of varieties or in the                                         Article 2
common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant
species ;                                                        The Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of the
                                                                 Netherlands and the Kingdom of Denmark shall
Whereas the Kingdom of Belgium should therefore                  notify the Commission, before 1 November 1977, of
be authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31             the quantities of seed marketed in their territories
July 1977, the marketing of red clover seed included             under this Decision . The Commission shall inform
neither in the Belgian catalogues of varieties nor in            the other Member States thereof.
the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural
plant species ;                                                                           Article 3
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the                   This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of
Kingdom of Denmark, which are able to supply the                 Belgium, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the
Kingdom of Belgium with seed of the above species,               Kingdom of Denmark.
should be authorized to permit the marketing of such
seed provided that it is intended exclusively for                Done at Brussels, 7 February 1977.
Belgium ;
                                                                                            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.