CELEX: 31977D0281
Language: en
Date: 1977-03-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30 March 1977 extending for the Federal Republic of Germany in respect of a certain number of varieties the period provided for in Article 15 (1) of Directive 70/457/EEC

19 . 4 . 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                               No L 95/ 19
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                                             (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                     COMMISSION
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 30 March 1977
                  extending for the Federal Republic of Germany in respect of a certain number
                   of varieties the period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive 70/457/EEC
                                                (Only the German text is authentic)
                                                           (77/281 / EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has
  COMMUNITIES,                                                         applied for such authorization for a certain number of
                                                                      varieties ;
  Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
  Economic Community,
                                                                       whereas Commission Decision 77/ 146/ EEC of 29
                                                                       December 1 976 (3) extended the period provided for
  Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/ EEC of 29                in the said Article 15 ( 1 ) for these varieties for the
 September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties                   Federal Republic of Germany from 31 December
 of agricultural plant species ( 1 )> as last amended by               1976 to 31 March 1977 ;
 Council       Directive  73 /438 / EEC     of   11  December
  1 973 (2), and in particular Article 15 (7) thereof,
                                                                      Whereas for the varieties Erika and Wintergreen (red
 Having regard to the application lodged by the                       fescue), Patora (perennial ryegrass) and Sprint 180
 Federal Republic of Germany,                                         (maize) the Federal Republic of Germany is not yet in
                                                                      a position to justify its application for reasons beyond
                                                                      its control ;
 Whereas, under Article 15 ( 1 ) of the said Directive,
 seeds and propagating material of varieties of agricul­
 tural plant species which have been officially accepted
 during 1974 in one or more Member States and which                   Whereas the period provided for in the said Article 1 5
 also meet the conditions laid down in the said Direc­                ( 1 ) should therefore be extended in the case of the
 tive are, with effect from 31 December 1976, no                      Federal Republic of Germany to enable it to prepare
 longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to             the necessary data concerning these varieties (Article
variety within the Community ;                                        1 5 (7) of the said Directive) ;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) thereof provides that
a Member State may be authorized upon application                     Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
to prohibit the marketing of seed and propagating                     are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
material of certain varieties ;                                       Committee on Seed and Propagating Material for Agri­
                                                                      culture, Horticulture and Forestry,
(>) OJ No L 225, 12 . 10 . 1970, p . 1 .
( J ) OJ No L 356, 27. 12 . 1973 , p . 79 .                           H OJ No L 47, 18 . 2 . 1977, p. 64 .
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HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :                                                       Article 2
                       Article 1
                                                            This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
                                                            Germany.
In respect of the vareties Erika and Wintergreen
(Festuca rubra L.) and Patora (Lolium perenne L.), the
                                                             Done at Brussels, 30 March 1977 .
period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive
70/457/EEC shall be extended for the Federal Repu­
                                                                                    For the Commission
blic of Germany beyond 31 March 1977 to 31 May
1977. In respect of the variety Sprint 180 (Zea maïs L.)                             Finn GUNDELACH
the said period shall be extended from 31 March 1977
to 31 December 1977 .                                                                   Vice-President