CELEX: 31976D0379
Language: en
Date: 1976-04-01 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 April 1976 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of sunflower seed subject to less stringent requirements

14. 4. 76                          Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 99/23
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 1 April 1976
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of
                              sunflower seed subject to less stringent requirements
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                       (76/379/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  on 31 July 1976 of the following sunflower seed (Heli­
 COMMUNITIES,                                                   anthus annuus L.) :
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European          — 10 metric tons of certified seed of the variety
 Economic Community,                                                'Relax' which in respect of minimum germination
                                                                    capacity does not satisfy the conditions laid down
 Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30                in Annex II to Council Directive 69/208 / EEC of
June 1969 on the marketing of oil and fibre plants (!),             30 June 1969, provided that its germination
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of                  capacity is not less than 75 % of that of the pure
26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 16 thereof,             seeds ;
 Having regard to the request made by the French                — 30 metric tons of commercial seed.
Republic,
                                                                2.    The official label shall bear the endorsement :
Whereas the production of sunflower seeds of the cate­          'For marketing in France only'. For certified seed it
gory 'certified seed', for production of seed for oil           shall also indicate that the germination capacity is
extraction, which satisfy completely the requirements           reduced by bearing the endorsement : 'Minimum
of the above Directive is insufficient in 1975 and will         germination capacity : 75 % '.
not be enough to meet French demands ; whereas in
the case of the hybrid variety 'Relax', the germination                                 Article 2
capacity is not satisfactory ; whereas this demand
cannot be met by obtaining this sunflower seed from             The French Republic shall report to the Commission
other Member States ;
                                                                before 1 November 1976 the quantity of seed
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be                 permitted to be marketed in its territory pursuant to
authorized to permit, during the period expiring on             this Decision . The Commission shall inform the other
                                                                Member States thereof.
31 July 1976, the marketing of seed of varieties of
sunflower which satisfy less stringent requirements ;
                                                                                        Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing              This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                Done at Brussels, 1 April 1976.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                          For the Commission
                         Article 1
                                                                                             P.J. LARDINOIS
 1 . The French Republic is authorized to permit the
marketing in its territory, during the period expiring                                Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 169, 10 . 7. 1969, p. 3 .
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.