CELEX: 31978D0157
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 January 1978 authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 47/48                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                     18 . 2 . 78
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 13 January 1978
             authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                      not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401 /EEC
                                                        (78/ 1 57/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,                                                 The Italian Republic is authorized to permit for a
                                                                    period expiring on 31 July 1978 the marketing in its
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14                territory of a maximum of 300 tonnes of tall fescue
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),                seed (Festuca arundinacea Schreb.) and of 800 tonnes
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/ EEC of                 of red clover seed (Trifolium pratense L.) of the cate­
26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,             gory 'certified seed of the first generation' of varieties
                                                                    not included in the common catalogue of varieties of
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                    agricultural plant species or in its national catalogues
Republic,                                                           of varieties or of the category 'commercial seed'. The
Whereas in Italy the production of tall fescue seed                 official label shall state : 'intended exclusively for
and red clover seed complying with requirements of                  Italy'.
the said Directive has been insufficient in 1977 and is
                                                                                            Article 2
not adequate to supply the needs of that country ;
                                                                    The other Member States are authorized to permit,
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs               subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
sufficiently with seed from other Member States or                  marketing ' in their territories of a maximum of 300
even from third countries, meeting all the require­                 tonnes of tall fescue seed and of 800 tonnes of red
ments laid down in the said Directive ;                             clover seed provided that such seed is intended exclu­
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­              sively for Italy. The official label shall state : 'intended
orized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July                  exclusively for Italy'.
 1978 , the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                                         Article 3
species of varieties not included in the common cata­
logue of varieties of agricultural plant species or                 The Member States shall notify the Commission
included in the national catalogues of varieties of the             before 1 December 1978 of the quantities of seed
Italian Republic, or of a category subject to less strin­           marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
gent requirements ;                                                 The Commission shall inform the other Member
                                                                    States thereof.
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
Member States which are able to supply the Italian                                          Article 4
Republic with this seed not complying with require­                 This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for
Italy ;                                                             Done at Brussels, 13 January 1978 .
                                                                                               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 . 2298 /66 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7 . 1975, p. 6 .