CELEX: 31977D0400
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 70/458/EEC

No L 147/46                             Official Journal of the European Communities                                  15 . 6 . 77
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 10 May 1977
               authorizing the Kingdom of the Netherlands to permit temporarily the
               marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive
                                                           70/458 / EEC
                                                          (77/400/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                       marketing on its territory of a maximum of 26-3
COMMUNITIES,                                                         tonnes of carrot seed (Daucus carota L. ssp. sativus
                                                                     (Hoffm.) Hayek) of the category 'standard seed' subject
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                to less stringent requirements with regard to
Economic Community,                                                  minimum germination capacity laid down in Annex
Having regard to Council Directive 70/458 /EEC of 29                 II to Directive 70/458 / EEC, provided that the
September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable                         following requirements are satisfied :
seed ('), as last amended by Council Directive                       (a) the germination capacity is at least 55 % of pure
76/307/ EEC of 15 March 1 976 (2), and in particular                     seed ;
Article 33 thereof,
                                                                     (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
Having regard to the request made by the Kingdom                         ments :
of the Netherlands,                                                      — 'minimum germination Capacity 55 % ',
Whereas in the Netherlands the production of carrot
                                                                         — 'intended exclusively for the Netherlands'.
seed complying with requirements of the said Direc­
tive, has been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate                                        Article 2
to supply the needs of that country ;
                                                                     The other Member States are authorized to permit,
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs                subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
satisfactorily by such seed from other Member States                 marketing in their territories of a maximum of 26-3
or even from third countries ;                                       tonnes of carrot seed provided that such seed is
                                                                     intended exclusively for the Netherlands. The official
Whereas the Kingdom of the Netherlands should                        label shall state : 'intended exclusively for the Nether­
therefore be authorized to permit, for a period                      lands'.
expiring on 31 July 1977, the marketing of seed of
the abovementioned species of a category subject to
less stringent requirements ;                                                                  Article J
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other                 The Member States shall notify the Commission
Member States which are able to supply the Kingdom                   before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
of the Netherlands with this seed not complying with                 marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
requirements of the Directive to permit the marketing                The Commission         shall  inform   the other Member
of such seed provided that it is intended exclusively                States thereof .
for the Netherlands ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                             Article 4
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                   This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry ,
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                  For the Commission
                           Article I '
                                                                                                   Finn GUNDELACH
The Kingdom of the Netherlands is authorized to
permit for a period expiring on 31 July 1977 the                                                      Vice-President
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