CELEX: 31976D0258
Language: en
Date: 1976-02-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17 February 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic temporarily to permit the marketing of seed of some varieties of rice subject to less stringent requirements

No L 52/34                          Official Journal of the European Communities                                   27. 2. 76
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 17 February 1976
             authorizing the Italian Republic temporarily to permit the marketing of seed of
                          some varieties of rice subject to less stringent requirements
                                             (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (76/258/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    generation of varieties Arborio, Monticelli, Redi,
COMMUNITIES,                                                      Romeo and S. Andrea which do not satisfy the require­
                                                                  ments set out in Annex II to the Council Directive of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European             14 June 1966 with regard to the maximum number of
Economic Community,                                               red grains, under the following conditions :
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                 (a) the quantities shall not exceed :
1966 on the marketing of cereal seed (1), as last
amended by the Council Directive of 26 June                           — 400 metric tons for the variety 'Arborio ,
1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,                       —    180  metric tons  for  the  variety 'Monticelli',
                                                                      —    100  metric tons  for  the  variety 'Redi',
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                      —    150  metric tons  for  the  variety 'Romeo',
Republic,
                                                                      —   200   metric tons  for  the  variety 'S. Andrea' ;
Whereas the Italian Republic does not have sufficient             (b) the number of red grains per 500 g shall not
supplies of rice seed of the varieties Arborio, Monti­                exceed 20 ;
celli, Redi, Romeo and S. Andrea which satisfy the
requirements for analytical purity prescribed for certifi­        (c) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
                                                                      ments :
cation to meet the demand for the 1976 sowing
season ;                                                              — maximum number of red grains 20 per 500 g,
Whereas this demand cannot satisfactorily be met                      — intended exclusively for marketing in Italy.
from certified seed from other Member States ;
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­
orized, during the period expiring on 30 June 1976,                The Italian Republic shall report to the Commission,
to permit the marketing of certified rice seed of varie­          before 1 October 1976, the quantity of seed satisfying
ties of rice Arborio, Monticelli, Redi, Romeo and S.              less stringent requirements permitted to be marketed
Andrea which satisfies less stringent requirements for            in its territory pursuant to this Decision .
analytical purity ;                                               The Commission shall inform other Member States
                                                                  thereof.
Whereas the measures provided for this Decision are
in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                                            Article 3
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                           This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 17 February 1976.
                         Article 1                                                           For the Commission
The Italian Republic is authorized to permit the                                                 P.J. LARDINOIS
marketing in its territory, during the period expiring
on 30 June 1976, of certified rice seed of the second                                    Member of the Commission
(•) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7 . 1975, p. 6.