CELEX: 31977D0399
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

15. 6. 77                                  Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 147/45
                                                      COMMISSION DECISION
                                                            of 10 May 1977
               authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the
               marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive
                                                               66/401 / EEC
                                                              (77/399/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                           marketing on its territory of*a maximum of 55-3
COMMUNITIES,                                                             tonnes of sheep's fescue seecf (Festuca ovina L. ssp.
                                                                         tenuifolia) of the category 'certified seed of the first
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    generation' which does not satisfy the requirements
 Economic Community,                                                     with regard to minimum germination capacity laid
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14                    down in Annex II to Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ^),                      June 1966, provided that the following requirements
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/ EEC of                      are satisfied :
26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,                  (a) the germination capacity is at least 70 % of pure
                                                                             seed ;
 Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom
of the Netherlands,                                                      (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
                                                                             ments :
Whereas in the Netherlands the production of sheep's
fescue seed complying with requirements of the said                          — 'minimum germination capacity 70 %',
 Directive, has been insufficient in 1976 and is not                         — 'intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
adequate to supply the needs of that country ;
                                                                                                  Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs
sufficiently by 'certified seed' from other Member                       The other Member States are authorized to permit,
States or even from third countries, meeting all the                     subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
requirements laid down in the said Directive ;                           marketing in their territories of a maximum of 55-3
                                                                         tonnes of sheep's fescue seed provided that such seed
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands should                            is intended exclusively for the Netherlands. The offi­
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period                          cial label shall state : 'intended exclusively for the
expiring on 31 July 1977, the marketing of seed of                       Netherlands'.
the abovementioned species of a category subject to
 less stringent requirements,;                                                                    Article 3
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
Member States which are able to supply the Kingdom                       The Member States shall notify the Commission
of the Netherlands with this seed not complying with                     before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
 requirements of the Directive to permit the marketing                   marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
                                                                         The   Commission      shall  inform   the other Member
of such seed provided that it is intended exclusively
                                                                         States thereof.
 for the Netherlands ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                                Article 4
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
 Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                         This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                         Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977 .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                     For the Commission
                             Article 1
                                                                                                      Finn GUNDELACH
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized to
 permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1977 the                                                        Vice-President
(') OJ No 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966, p . 2298 / 66 .
( : ) O I No L 196, 26 . 7 . 1975 , p . 6 .