CELEX: 31977D0217
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-03 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 3 March 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 68 / 28                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    15 . 3 . 77
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 3 March 1977
             authorizing the Kingdom of Belgium to permit temporarily the marketing of
               seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 66/401 / EEC
                                                         (77/21 7/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                             Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 The Kingdom of Belgium is hereby authorized to
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14               permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1977 the
                                                                    marketing in its territory of a maximum of 300 tonnes
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),
                                                                    of Westerwold ryegrass seed ( Lolium multiflorum
as last amended by Directive 75/444/ EEC (2), and in
particular Article 17 thereof,
                                                                    Lam) of the category 'certified seed' of the first genera­
                                                                    tion of varieties not included either in the common
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom                    catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in
of Belgium ,                                                        its national catalogues of varieties. The official label
                                                                    shall state : ' Intended exclusively for the Kingdom of
Whereas in Belgium the production of Westerwold                     Belgium '.
ryegrass seed complying with the requirement of the
said Directive has been insufficient in 1976 and there­
                                                                                             Article 2
fore will not be adequate to meet that country's
needs ;                                                             The other Member States are hereby authorized to
                                                                    permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article
Whereas it is not possible sufficiently to cover this               1 , the marketing in their territory of a maximum of
demand with 'certified seed ' from            other Member
                                                                    300 tonnes of Westerwold ryegrass seed , provided that
States, or from third countries, of varieties included
                                                                    it is intended exclusively for the Kingdom of
either in the common catalogue of varieties of agricul­             Belgium . The official label shall state : ' Intended exclu­
tural plant species or in the Belgian national cata­                sively for the Kingdom of Belgium '.
logues of varieties ;
Whereas the Kingdom of Belgium should therefore                                              Article J
be authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31                Member States shall notify the Commission before 1
July 1977, the marketing of seed of the abovemen­
                                                                    November 1977 of the quantities of seed marketed in
tioned species of varieties not included either in the
                                                                    their territory pursuant to this Decision . The Commis­
common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant                 sion shall inform the other Member States thereof.
species or in the Belgian national catalogues of varie­
ties ;
                                                                                             Article 4
Whereas moreover other Member States , which are
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
able to supply the Kingdom of Belgium with seed not
complying with the requirements of the Directive,
should be authorized to permit the marketing of such                Done at Brussels , 3 March 1977 .
seed provided that it is intended for 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 Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­
culture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                                Vice-President
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p . 22*8 / 66 .
(-') OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 197 5, p. 6 .