CELEX: 31975D0580
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-11 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 11 September 1975 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to approve for marketing for a period expiring on 31 December 1976, plants of Quercus pendunculata Ehrh. and Quercus borealis Michx., which do not comply with the requirements of the Council Directive on the marketing of forest reproductive material

No L 256/ 18                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                  2 . 10 . 75
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 11 September 1975
               authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to approve for marketing for a
               period expiring on 31 December 1976 , plants of Quercus pedunculata Ehrh. and
               0 Kerens borealis Michx. which do not comply with the requirements of the
                         Council Directive on the marketing of forest reproductive material
                                                 (Only the Dutch text is authentic)
                                                            (75/ 580/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         — 2 500 000 plants of Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.
 COMMUNITIES,                                                          — 250 000 plants of Quercus borealis Michx.
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 grown in Hungary from seed harvested there in 1974
 Economic Community ;                                                  and satisfying less stringent requirements, on condi­
                                                                       tion that the proof specified in Article 2 is furnished
 Having      regard       to      Council       Directive    No
                                                                       as regards the place of provenance and the altitude
 66/404/ EEC (') of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of                   where the seeds have been harvested .
 forest reproductive material , as last amended by the
Second Council Directive of 26 June 1 975 (2 ), and in                                          Article 2
 particular Article 15 ( 1 ) thereof ;
                                                                       1.    The proof referred to in Article 1 shall be consid­
 Having regard to the request submitted by the
                                                                       ered to be furnished where the seed is of the category
 Kingdom of the Netherlands ;
                                                                       'source-identified reproductive material ' as defined in
Whereas the bad seed harvest in 1974 has caused the                    the OECD Scheme for the Control of Forest Repro­
 production of plants of the species Qnerens peduncu­                  ductive Material moving in International Trade of 30
 lata Ehrh. and       Ouercus bo realis Michx. to be so                May 1967.
small that supplies for the Netherlands cannot be
                                                                       2.    Where the OECD scheme mentioned in para­
assured during the season 1975/76.
                                                                       graph 1 does not apply to the place of provenance of
Whereas neither the other Member States nor third                      the seed, other official documentary proof shall be
countries are in a position to supply sufficient quanti­               admissible .
 ties of plants of the said species which comply with
                                                                       3 . Where official documentary proof cannot be
the requirements of the above Directive ;
                                                                       provided, the Netherlands may accept other proof
Whereas in consequence the Netherlands should be                       which is not official .
authorized to approve for marketing a limited quan­
tity of plants of the said species which satisfy less strin­                                    Article 3
gent requirements ;
                                                                       The Kingdom of the Netherlands shall before 31
Whereas for genetic reasons these plants must ' be                     January of each year supply the Commission with
grown from seeds harvested at places of origin within                  particulars of the quantities of plants approved for
the natural area of the species in question ; whereas                  marketing in its territory during the preceding year by
the strictest possible guarantees must given to ensure                 reason of this Decision . The Commission shall inform
the identity of these plants ;                                         the other Member States thereof.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                              Article 4
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                        This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of the
Agriculture , Horticulture and Forestry,                               Netherlands .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                           Done at Brussels, 1 1 September 1 975.
                            Article 1                                                             For the Commission
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized to                                                      P.J. LARDINOIS
approve for marketing within its territory for a period
expiring on 31 December 1976 :                                                                 Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 1 25 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , p . 2326/ 66 .
(:) O'l No L 196, 26 . 7 . 1975, p . 14.