CELEX: 31977D0401
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 70/458/EEC

15. 6. 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 147/47
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 10 May 1977
               authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                     not complying with requirements of Council Directive 70/458/EEC
                                                        (77/401 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     territory of a maximum of 23-6 tonnes of carrot seed
COMMUNITIES,                                                       (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus (Hoffm .) Hayek) of the
                                                                   category 'standard seed' subject to less stringent
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              requirements with regard to minimum germination
Economic Community,                                                capacity laid down in Annex II to Directive
Having regard to Council Directive 70/458 /EEC of 29               70/458/EEC, provided that the following require­
                                                                   ments are satisfied :
September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable seed
('), as last amended by Council Directive 76/307/EEC               (a) the germination capacity is at least 55 % of pure
of 15 March 1976 (2), and in particular Article 33                     seed ;
thereof,
                                                                   (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                       ments :
Republic,                                                              — 'minimum germination capacity 55 %',
Whereas in Italy the production of carrot seed                         — 'intended exclusively for Italy'.
complying with requirements of the said Directive,
has been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate to                                        A rticle 2
supply the needs of that country ;
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs              The other Member States are authorized to permit,
satisfactorily by such seed from other Member States               subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
or even from third countries ;                                     marketing in their territories of a maximum of 23 6
                                                                   tonnes of carrot seed provided that such seed is
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­             intended exclusively for Italy. The official label shall
orized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July                 state : 'intended exclusively for Italy'.
 1977, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned
species of a category subject to less stringent require­                                    Article 3
ments ;
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other               The Member States shall notify the Commission
Member States which are able to supply the Italian                 before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
Republic with this seed not complying with require­                marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
                                                                   The Commission shall inform the other Member
ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of
                                                                   States thereof.
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for
Italy ;
                                                                                            Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                   Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977 .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                               For the Commission
                          Article 1
                                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
The Italian Republic is authorized to permit for a
period expiring on 31 July 1977 the marketing on its                                               Vice-President
(«) OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 6.
(*) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p. 16.