CELEX: 31978D0125
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 December 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

No L 41 /40                               Official Journal of the European Communities                               11 . 2. 78
                                                    COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 28 December 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)
                                                            (78/ 125/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
COMMUNITIES,                                                          are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
                                                                      Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties
of agricultural plant species ('), as last amended by
 Directive 78/ 55/EEC of 19 December 1 977 (2), and in                                        Article 1
particular Article 15 (7) thereof,                                    The period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article                 70/457/EEC, shall be extended for the Federal Repu­
 15 ( 1 ) of the abovementioned Directive, seeds or prop­             blic of Germany beyond 31 December 1977 until 31
agating material of these varieties of agricultural plant             March 1978 in respect of the following varieties :
species which have been officially approved during                     I. Beet
the year 1975 in at least one of the Member States and                     1 . Sugar beet
which also fulfil the conditions laid down in the said
                                                                               Duramon ,
Directive are, with effect from 31 December 1977, no
                                                                           2. Fodder beet
longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to
                                                                               Grovas ;
variety within the Community ;
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the abovemen­                     II . Fodder plants
tioned Directive provides that a Member State may be                       1 . Lolium perenne L.
authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing                          Amado
of seed and propagating material of certain varieties ;                        Uri ,
                                                                           2. Trifolium pratense L.
Whereas the Federal Republic of Germany has                                    Marino .
requested such authorization for certain varieties ;
Whereas this request is now being carefully examined                                          Article 2
by the Commission ;
                                                                      This Decision is addressed to the Federal Republic of
Whereas it is not possible to complete examination of                 Germany.
the varieties of sugar and fodder beet, perennial rye­
grass and red clover which are the subject of the
request before expiry of the period provided for in                   Done at Brussels, 28 December 1977.
Article 15 ( 1 ) of the said Directive ;
                                                                                                For the Commission
Whereas it consequently seems desirable to extend,
for the Federal Republic of Germany, the period in                                               Finn GUNDELACH
question for an appropriate time to permit a full exam­
ination of the request for those varieties ;                                                        Vice-President
(') OJ No L 225, 12. 10 . 1970 , p . 1 .
 2 ) OJ No L 16, 20 . 1 . 1978 , p . 23 .