CELEX: 31977D0398
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 147/44                        Official Journal of the European Communities                               15 . 6. 77
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 10 May 1977
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                      not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/40 1 /EEC
                                                      (77/398/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 territory of a maximum of 300 tonnes of field beans
 COMMUNITIES,                                                  seed (Vicia faba L. var. minor (Peterm.) Bull) of the
                                                               category 'certified seed of the first generation' which
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         do not satisfy the requirements with regard to
 Economic Community,                                           minimum germination capacity laid down in Annex
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/40 1 / EEC of 14        II to Council Directive 66/40 1 /EEC of 14 June 1966,
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),           provided that the following requirements are satisfied :
 as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of            (a) the germination capacity is at least 75 % of pure
 26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,           seed ;
 Having regard to the request made by the French               (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
 Republic,                                                         ments :
Whereas in France the production of field beans seed               — 'minimum germination capacity 75 %',
 complying with requirements of the said Directive,                — 'intended exclusively for France'.
 has been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate to
 supply the needs of that country ;                                                     Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs
 sufficiently by 'certified seed' from other Member            The other Member States are authorized to permit,
 States or even from third countries, meeting all the          subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
 requirements laid down in the said Directive ;                marketing in their territories of a maximum of 300
                                                               tonnes of field beans seed provided that such seed is
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be                intended exclusively for France. The official label
 authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July        shall state : 'intended exclusively for France'.
 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 French             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
 France ;
                                                                                        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 French Republic is authorized to permit for the
period expiring on 31 July 1977 the marketing on its                                          Vice-President
(■) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.