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Language: en
Date: 1988-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 12 October 1988 authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the marketing of swede rape seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC

26. 10 . 88                            Official Journal of the European Communities                              No L 292/ 19
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 12 October 1988
                  authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the
                  marketing of swede rape seed not satisfying the requirements of Council
                                                    Directive 69/208 /EEC
                                                         (88/535/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                       maximum of 640 kilograms of swede rape Seed of the
                                                                  category 'certified seed' belonging to the variety specified
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             in the Decision dated 15 February 1988 ;
Economic Community,
                                                                  Whereas, moreover, other Member States, which are able
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30               to supply Germany with such seed should be authorized
June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre               to permit the marketing thereof provided it is intended
plants ('), as last amended by Directive 88/380/EEC (2),          for Germany ;
and in particular Article 16 thereof,
                                                                  Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in
Having regard to the request submitted by the Federal             accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee
Republic 6f Germany,                                              on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture,
                                                                  Horticulture and Forestry,
Whereas in 1987 the production in Germany of swede
rape seed of a type needed for a pilot project and                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
satisfying the requirements of Directive 69/208/EEC was
insufficient and therefore inadequate to meet that                                          Article 1
country's needs ;
                                                                  The Federal Republic of Germany is hereby authorized to
Whereas it was not possible to cover this demand satisfac­        permit, for a period expiring on 31 October 1988 , the
torily with seed from other Member States, or from third          marketing in its territory of a maximum of 640 kilograms
countries, satisfying all the requirements laid down in the       of swede rape seed (Brassica napus ssp. oleifera) of the
said Directive ;                                                  category 'certified seed' of variety Sollux. The official label
                                                                  shall state : 'Intended exclusively for Germany'.
Whereas, by a Decision dated 15 February 1988 and
notified to Member States on the 17 February 1988, the                                      Article 2
Commission accordingly authorized the Federal Republic
of Germany to permit, until 30 September 1987, the                The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit,
marketing in its territory of a maximum of 1,8 tonnes of          subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
swede rape seed of the category 'certified seed' belonging        marketing in their territory of a maximum of 640
to a variety included neither in the common catalogue of          kilograms of swede rape seed provided that it is intended
varieties of agricultural plant species nor in the national       exclusively for Germany. The official label shall state :
catalogue of varieties of that Member State ;                     'Intended exclusively for Germany'.
Whereas, because of bad weather conditions in 1987, it                                       Article 3
was not possible to complete the said pilot project ;
whereas it is proposed to complete it in 1988 but a               Member States shall notify the Commission before . 30
further 640 kilograms of swede rape seed are needed for            November 1988 of the quantities of seed marketed in
this purpose ;                                                    their territory pursuant to this Decision. The Commission
                                                                  shall inform the other Member States thereof.
Whereas, again in 1988 , the production in Germany of
swede rape seed of the type required and satisfying the                                      Article 4
requirements of Directive 69/208/EEC has been                     This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
insufficient, and it is still not possible to cover the
demand satisfactorily with seed from other Member
States, or from third countries, satisfying the requirements       Done at Brussels, 12 October 1988 .
of that Directive ;
                                                                                               For the Commission
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany should                                                  Frans ANDRIESSEN
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period expiring on
31 October 1988, the marketing in its territory of a                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3.
(2) OJ No L 187, 16. 7. 1988, p. 31 .