CELEX: 31974D0163
Language: en
Date: 1974-01-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 January 1974 authorizing the Republic of Italy to permit until 30 September 1974 the marketing of certified seeds of tall fescue and fodder plant peas belonging to varieties the seeds of which cannot be marketed on its territory

No L 87/10                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                 30 . 3 . 74
                                                 COMMISSION
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 28 January 1974
              authorizing the Republic of Italy to permit until 30 September 1974 the marketing of
              certified seeds of tall fescue and fodder plant peas belonging to varieties the seeds of which
                                            cannot be marketed on its territory
                                              ( Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                         (74/163/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES ,                                                       are in accordance with the Opinion of the Permanent
                                                                    Committee on Agricultural, Horticultural and
                                                                     Forestry Seeds and Plants,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­
pean Economic Community ;
                                                                    HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Council Directive ( 1 ) of 14 June
                                                                                           Article 1
1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed, as last
amended by the Council Directive (2) of 11 December
 1973 , and in particular Article 17 thereof;                       The Republic of Italy is authorized to permit until
                                                                    30 September 1974, territory a maximum of 120
                                                                    metric tons of certified seed of tall fescue seed and
Having regard to the request from the Republic of                   a maximum of 500 metric tons of fodder plant peas
Italy;                                                              belonging to varieties listed neither in the 'Common
                                                                    Catalogue of varieties and species of agricultural
Whereas the production in the Republic of Italy of                  plants' nor in a national Italian catalogue of varie­
certified seeds of Festuca arundinacea Schrb . and                  ties .
Pisum arvense L. is not sufficient to cover the needs
of its agriculture;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas it is impossible to cover these needs by                     The Republic of Italy shall notify the Commission
resorting to certified seeds, from other Member States              by 1 November 1974 of the quantities of certified
or third countries, belonging to varieties listed in either         seed of tall fescue and fodder plant peas marketed
the ' Common Catalogue of agricultural varieties and                on its territory pursuant to this Directive. The Com­
species' or in a national Italian catalogue of varieties ;          mission shall inform the other Member States .
Whereas the Republic of Italy should therefore be
authorized to permit, up to and including 30 Sep­                                           Article 3
tember 1974, the marketing of certified seeds of tall
fescue and fodder plant peas belonging to varieties                  This Decision is addressed to the Republic of Italy.
the seeds of which cannot be marketed on its terri­
tory ;                                                              Done at Brussels, 28 January 1974.
                                                                                                      For the Commission
                                                                                                         The President
i1) OJ No L 125 , 11 . 7. 1966, p . 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973 , p. 79.                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLI