CELEX: 31977D0393
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 69/208/EEC

No L 147/38                               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 69/208 /EEC
                                                            (77/393/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        the first generation which do not satisfy fee require­
COMMUNITIES,                                                          ments      laid down     in   Annex     II   to  Directive
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 69/208 / EEC, with regard to the minimum germina­
Economic Community,                                                   tion , provided that the following requirements are
                                                                      satisfied :
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/ EEC of 30                  (a) the germination capacity is at least 70 % of pure
June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre                       seed ;
plants (*), as last amended by Council Directive
75/444/ EEC of 26 June 1975 (2), and in particular                    (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
                                                                           ments :
Article 16 thereof,
                                                                          — 'minimum germination capacity 70 % ',
Having regard to the request made by the French                           — 'intended exclusively for France'.
Republic,
                                                                      2. The French Republic is authorized to permit for
Whereas in France the production of hemp seed
complying with requirements of the said Directive has
                                                                      a period expiring on 30 June 1977 the marketing in
been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate to                      its territory of a maximum of 250 tonnes of hemp
supply the needs of that country ;                                    seed (Cannabis sativa L.) of the category 'commercial
                                                                      seed'. The official label shall state : ' intended exclu­
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs                 sively for France'.
sufficiently by certified seed from other Member
States or even from third countries, meeting all the                                           Article 2
requirements laid down in the said Directive ;                        The other Member States are authorized to permit,
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be                       subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June                marketing in their territories of a maximum of 30
 1977, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                    tonnes of seed referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) and of a
species of the category 'certified seed of the first gener­           maximum of 250 tonnes of seed referred to in Article
ation ' subject to less stringent requirements and also                1 (2) provided that such seed is intended exclusively
of the category 'commercial seed' ;                                   for France . The official label shall state : ' intended
                                                                      exclusively for France'.
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
Member States which are able to supply the French                                              Article 3
Republic with this seed not complying with require­
ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of                     The Member States shall notify the Commission
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for                before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
France ;                                                               marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
                                                                      The Commission        shall  inform   the  other Member
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                    States thereof.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                                                Article 4
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                       Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
                           Article 1
                                                                                                  Fur the Commission
 1 . The French Republic is authorized to permit for
a period expiring on 30 June 1977 the marketing in                                                 Finn GUNDELACH
its territory of a maximum of 30 tonnes of hemp seed
(Cannabis sativa L.) of the categories 'certified seed of                                             Vice-President
(') OJ No L 169 . 10 . 7 . 1969 , p . ,V
{■) OJ No L 196 . 26 . 7 . 1975 , p . 6 .