CELEX: 31978D0210
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 64/ 24                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                     7 . 3 . 78
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 27 January 1978
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                            not complying with requirements of Directive 66/401 / EEC
                                                        (78 / 21 0/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       territory of a maximum of 2 500 tonnes of lucerne
COMMUNITIES,                                                         seed (Medicago sativa L.) of the category 'certified seed
                                                                     of the first generation ' which do not satisfy the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                requirements with regard to minimum germination
Economic Community,                                                  capacity laid down in Annex II to Directive
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14                66/401 / EEC, provided that the following require­
                                                                     ments are satisfied :
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),
as last amended by Directive 75/444/ EEC of 26 June                  (a) the germination capacity is at least 75 % of pure
1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,                           seed ;
Having regard to the request made by the French                      (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
                                                                          ments :
Republic,
                                                                          — 'minimum germination capacity 75 % ',
Whereas in France the production of lucerne seed
complying with requirements of the said Directive has                     — 'intended exclusively for France'.
been insufficient in 1977 and is not adequate to
supply the needs of that country ;                                                            Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs                The other Member States are authorized to permit,
sufficiently by seed from other Member States or even                subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
from third countries meeting all the requirements laid                marketing in their territories of a maximum of 2 500
down in the said Directive ;                                         tonnes of lucerne seed provided that such seed is
                                                                      intended exclusively for France .
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July               The official label shall state : ' intended exclusively for
 1978 , the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                   France'.
species of a category subject to less stringent require­
ments ;                                                                                       Article 3
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
                                                                     The Member States shall notify the Commission
Member States which are able to supply the French
                                                                      before 31 December 1978 of the quantities of seed
Republic with this seed not complying with require­
                                                                      marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
 ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of                    The Commission       shall  inform    the other Member
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for                States thereof.
 France ;
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, 27 January 1978 .
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                 For the Commission
                           Article 1
                                                                                                  Finn GUNDELACH
 The French Republic is authorized to permit, for the
 period expiring on 31 July 1978 , the marketing on its                                              Vice-President
 (•) OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p . 2298 /66.
 (2) OJ No L 196, 26 . 7 . 1975, p. 6 .