CELEX: 31976D0941
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 December 1976 authorizing the United Kingdom to permit temporarily the marketing of rye seed not satisfying existing Community requirements

No L 364/28                         Official Journal of the European Communities                                 31 . 12 . 76
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                  of 2 December 1976
              authorizing the United Kingdom to permit temporarily the marketing of rye seed
                                   not satisfying existing Community requirements
                                           (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                     ( 76/941 /EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES ,
                                                                                           Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the
European Economic Community,                                    The United Kingdom is authorized to permit the
                                                                marketing in its territory, during a period expiring
                                                                on 31 December 1976, of a maximum of 175 metric
                                                                tons of basic seed of varieties of rye intended for use
Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of                as green fodder which do not satisfy the
14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ( 1 ), as          requirements set out in Annex II to the Council
last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC ( 2),              Directive of 14 June 1966 relating to analytical
and in particular Article 17 thereof,                           purity, provided that the following conditions are
                                                                fulfilled :
Having regard to the request made by the United                  ( a) per 500 grammes, the number of seeds of other
Kingdom,                                                              cereal species shall not exceed four and the total
                                                                      number of seeds of other plant species shall not
                                                                      exceed six ;
Whereas the United Kingdom             does not have            ( b) the official label shall indicate that the analytical
sufficient basic seed which satisfies  the requirements               purity of the seed is at a reduced level ;
relating to minimum analytical         purity to meet
demand in 1976 in the case of           varieties of rye        ( b) the official label shall state 'intended exclusively
intended for use as green fodder ;                                    for the United Kingdom'.
                                                                                           Article 2
Whereas this demand cannot satisfactorily be met
from basic seed from other Member States ;                      The United Kingdom shall notify to the Commission
                                                                before 1 April 1977 as to the quantity of basic seed
                                                                rye permitted to be marketed in, its territory pursuant
Whereas the United Kingdom should therefore be                  to this Decision . The Commission shall inform the
authorized, during the period expiring on 31                    other Member States accordingly.
December 1976, to permit the marketing of basic
seed of rye which satisfies less stringent requirements                                    Article 3
relating to analytical purity;
                                                                This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom .
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing              Done at Brussels, 2 December 1976.
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                     For the Commission
                                                                                               P. J. LARDINOIS
(*) OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2309/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p . 6.                                                   Member of the Commission