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Language: en
Date: 1987-06-06 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 19 May 1987 authorizing the Republic of Greece to permit temporarily the marketing of sunflower seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC

No L 146/68                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                    6. 6. 87
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 19 May 1987
                  authorizing the Republic of Greece to permit temporarily the marketing of
                   sunflower seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC
                                                        (87/294/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                      HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                      Article 1
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30              The Republic of Greece is hereby authorized to permit,
June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre              for a period expiring on 30 April 1987, the marketing in
plants ('), as last amended by Directive 87/ 120/EEC (2),        its territory of a maximum of 125 tonnes of sunflower
and in particular Article 16 thereof,                            seed (Helianthus annuus L) of the category 'certified
                                                                 seed' of variety GK 70. The official label shall state :
Having regard to the request submitted by the Republic           'Intended exclusively for Greece'.
of Greece,
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas in Greece the production of sunflower seed satis­
fying the requirements of Drective 69/208/EEC has been           The other Member States are hereby authorized to permit,
insufficient in 1986 and therefore is not adequate to meet       subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
that country's needs ;                                           marketing in their territory of a maximum of 125 tonnes
Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand satisfacto­      of sunflower seed provided that it is intended exclusively
                                                                 for Greece. The official label shall state : 'Intended exclu­
rily with seed from other Member States, or from third
countries, satisfying all the requirements laid down in the      sively for Greece'.
said Directive ;
                                                                                           Article 3
Whereas the Republic of Greece should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 April          Member States shall notify the Commission before 30
1987, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                June 1987 of the quantities of seed marketed in their
species of the category 'certified seed' of a variety            territory pursuant to this Decision. The Commission shall
included neither in the common catalogue of varieties of         inform the other Member States thereof.
agricultural plant species nor in the Member States'
national catalogues of varieties ;                                                         Article 4
Whereas, moreover, other Member States, which are able           This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
to supply Greece with such seed not satisfying the requi­
rements of the Directive should be authorized to permit
the marketing of such seed provided that it is intended          Done at Brussels, 19 May 1987.
for Greece ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in                                    For the Commission
accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee                                         Frans ANDRIESSEN
on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horti­
culture and Forestry,                                                                            Vice-President
(') OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3.
(2) OJ No L 49, 18 . 2. 1987, p. 39 .