CELEX: 31974D0365
Language: en
Date: 1974-06-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13 June 1974 provisionally authorizing the French Republic to prohibit the marketing, in France, of dwarf french bean seed of the variety 'Midas'

19. 7. 74                              Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 196 / 23
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 13 June 1974
                provisionally authorizing the French Republic to prohibit the marketing, in France,
                                      of dwarf french bean seed of the variety 'Midas'
                                                (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                          (74/365 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      Whereas the Community has not yet laid down
COMMUNITIES,                                                        comprehensive and uniform rules governing the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                        admission of french bean varieties ; whereas,
 European Economic Community;                                        nevertheless, crop examinations of the variety
                                                                    'Midas' should be carried out under Community
Having regard to the Council Directive of                           responsibility, in order to arrive at a uniform
29 September 1970 (*) on the marketing of vegetable                 conclusion regarding its homogeneity ;
seed, as last amended by the Council Directive of
11 December 1973 (*), and in particular Article 16 (2)              Whereas it is appropriate, therefore, to accede
 thereof;                                                           provisionally to the request of the French Republic,
                                                                    while awaiting the outcome of the results of these
Having regard to the request made by the French                      crop examinations;
Republic;
Whereas the variety of dwarf french beans 'Midas'                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
has been accepted in two Member States in                            are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
 accordance with principles which comply with those                  Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
of the abovementioned Directive and also of the                     Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Commission Directive of 14 April 1972 (3 ) on
determining the characteristics and minimum                         HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
conditions for inspecting vegetables varieties ;
whereas, consequently, it is published in                                                   Article 1
the 'Common Catalogue of varieties of vegetable
species ' (4), and therefore, in accordance with the                The French Republic is authorized, pending a
provisions of Article 16 ( 1 ) of the aforesaid                     further Decision, to prohibit the marketing, in its
Directive, the seed of this variety is not subject                  territory, of dwarf french bean seed of the variety
within the Community to any marketing restrictions                  'Midas', published in the Common Catalogue of
 relating to variety;                                               varieties of vegetable species.
Whereas the variety 'Midas' has been subjected, in                                          Article 2
France, to official examinations which also complied
with the principles of the Commission Directive of                  The French Republic shall inform the Commission
14 April 1972 ;                                                     from which date and according to what methods it
                                                                    will avail of the authorization given in Article 1 .
Whereas according to the results of these                           The Commission shall inform the other Member
examinations and in comparison with national rules                   States.
governing the acceptance of varieties in France, and
appliable within the framework of the definitions                                           Article 3
prescribed under Article 5 of the Directive quoted in
the citation, the variety is not sufficiently uniform ;             This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
whereas, in particular, the degree of homogeneity of
the length and transversal cut of the pod,                          Done at Brussels, 13 June 1974.
 (characteristics listed under Nos 5.1 and 5.2 of point                                       For the Commission
29 ' French beans' of Annex I to the abovementioned
                                                                                                 The President
Directive on determining the characteristics) does
not comply with French requirements;                                                        Francois-Xavier ORTOLI
(>)  OJ No    L 225 , 25 . 10. 1970, p. 7.
(*)  OJ No    L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 79.
( s) OJ No    L 103, 2. 5. 1972, p. 6.
(<)  OJ No    C 69, 29. 6. 1972, p. 75.