CELEX: 31975D0629
Language: en
Date: 1975-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 October 1975 authorizing the United Kingdom during the period expiring on 31 December 1975 to permit the marketing of basic seed of rye not meeting the requirements of Council Directive No 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed

28 . 10 . 75                            Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 277/ 15
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                                           (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                   COMMISSION
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 10 October 1975
                authorizing the United Kingdom during the period expiring on 31 December
              , 1975 to permit the marketing of basic seed of rye not meeting the requirements
                     of Council Directive No 66/402/EEC on the marketing of cereal seed
                                               (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                           (75/629/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      31 December 1975 of a maximum of 150 metric tons
COMMUNITIES,                                                        of basic seed of varieties of rye intended for use as
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               fodder which do not satisfy the requirements set out
Economic Community ";                                               in Annex II to the Council Directive of 14 June 1966
                                                                    relating to analytical purity, provided that the
Having       regard     to      Council       Directive     No      following conditions are fulfilled :
66/402/ EEC ( l) of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of
cereal seed, as last amended by Council Directive No                (a) the number of seeds of other cereals species per
75/444/EEC (2) of 26 June 1975, and in particular                       500 grammes does not exceed four and the total
Article 17 thereof ;                                                    number of seeds of other plant species does not
                                                                        exceed seven ;
Having regard to the request made by the United
Kingdom ;                                                           (b) the official label indicates that the reduced analyt­
Whereas the United Kingdom does not have suffi­                         ical purity of the seed is at a reduced level .
cient basic seed which satisfies the requirements
relating to minimum analytical purity to meet                                                Article 2
demand in 1975 in the case of varieties of rye
intended for use as fodder ;                                        The United Kingdom shall report to the Commission
Whereas this demand cannot satisfactorily be met                    before 1 April 1976 the quantity of basic seed of rye
from basic seed from other Member States ;                          permitted to be marketed in its territory pursuant to
                                                                    this Decision . The Commission shall inform the other
Whereas the United Kingdom should therefore be                      Member States of this .
authorized, during the period expiring on 31
December 1975, to permit the marketing of basic seed
of rye which satisfies less stringent requirements                                           Article 3
relating to analytical purity ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                  This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                             Done at Brussels, 10 October 1975.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                               For the Commission
                           A rticle 1
                                                                                                  P.J. LARDINOIS
The United Kingdom is authorized to permit the
marketing in its territory, during the period expiring                                     Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p . 2309/66 .
(2 ) OJ No L 196, 26 . 7 . 1975, p . 6.