CELEX: 31985D0228
Language: en
Date: 1985-04-01 00:00:00
Title: 85/228/EEC: Commission Decision of 1 April 1985 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of field PEA seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

16. 4. 85                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 104/ 19
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 1 April 1985
               authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the
               marketing of field pea seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive
                                                          66/401 /EEC
                                                         (85/228/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                            Article 1
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
 Economic Community,                                               The Kingdom of the Netherlands is hereby authorized
                                                                   to permit, until 30 June 1985, the marketing on its
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14              territory of a maximum of 950 tonnes of seed of field
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('), as            pea (Pisum sativum L. partim), of type 'round for agri­
last amended by Commission Directive 85/38/EEC (2),                cultural purposes and dry harvesting' of the category
 and in particular Article 17 thereof,                             'commercial seed', provided that the following require­
                                                                   ment    is  satisfied : the   official label  shall  state :
 Having regard to the request submitted by the
Kingdom of the Netherlands,                                        'Intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
Whereas in the Netherlands the production of seed of                                        Article 2
field pea (Pisum sativum L. partim), of type 'round for
agricultural purposes and dry harvesting', satisfying the          The other Member States are hereby authorized to
requirements laid down in Directive 66/401 /EEC, has               permit, subject to the conditions laid down in Article
been insufficient in 1984 and is not adequate to                   1 , the marketing in their territories of a maximum of
supply the needs of that country ;                                 950 tonnes of field pea (Pisum sativum L. partim) seed,
                                                                   provided that such seed is intended exclusiely for the
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs              Netherlands . The official label shall state : ' Intended
satisfactorily by the use of certified seed from other             exclusively for the Netherlands'.
Member States, or even from non-member countries,
satisfying all the requirements laid down in the said                                       Article 3
Directive ;
                                                                   The Member States shall notify the Commission
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands should                      before 1 November 1985 of the quantities of seed
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period expiring           marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
on 30 June 1985, the marketing of seed of the above­               The Commission shall inform the other Member
mentioned species of a category subject to less strin­             States thereof.
gent requirements ;
Whereas it appears desirable also to authorize other                                        Article 4
Member States which are able to supply the Nether­
                                                                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
lands with such seed not satisfying the requirements of
the said Directive to permit the marketing of such
seed, provided that it is intended exclusively for the
Netherlands ;                                                      Done at Brussels, 1 April 1985.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                             For the Commission
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                            Vice-President
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 16, 19 . 1 . 1985, p. 41 .