CELEX: 31978D0211
Language: en
Date: 1978-01-27 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 27 January 1978 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Directive 66/401/EEC

7 . 3 . 78                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                No L 64/ 25
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 27 January 1978
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                           not complying with requirements of Directive 66/401 / EEC
                                                          (78 / 211 / EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                         territory of a maximum of 150 tonnes of birdsfoot
COMMUNITIES,                                                           trefoil seed (Lotus corniculatus L.) of the category
                                                                       'commercial seed' which does not satisfy the require­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  ments     laid  down     in   Annex     II  to  Directive
Economic Community,                                                    66/401 / EEC with regard to minimum germination
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14                  capacity provided that the following requirements are
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),                   satisfied :
as last amended by Directive 75/444/ EEC of 26 June                    (a) the germination capacity is at least 70 % of pure
1975 (2 ), and in particular Article 17 thereof,                           seed ;
Having regard to the request made by the French                        (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
Republic,                                                                   ments :
                                                                           — ' minimum germination capacity 70 % ',
Whereas in France the production of birdsfoot trefoil
seed complying with requirements of the said Direc­                        — 'intended exclusively for France'.
tive has been insufficient in 1977 and is not adequate
to supply the needs of that country ;                                                           Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs                  The other Member States are authorized to permit,
sufficiently by seed from other Member States or even                  subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
from third countries meeting all the requirements laid                 marketing in their territories of a maximum of 150
down in the said Directive ;                                           tonnes of birdsfoot trefoil seed, provided that such
                                                                       seed is intended exclusively for France .
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July                 The official label shall state : 'intended exclusively for
 1978 , the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                    France '.
species of a category subject to less stringent require­
ments ;
                                                                                                Article 3
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other
                                                                       The Member States shall notify the Commission
Member States which are able to supply the French
                                                                       before 31 December 1978 of the quantities of seed
Republic with this seed not complying with require­
ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of                      marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
                                                                       The Commission        shall  inform   the other Member
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for                 States thereof.
France ;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                              Article 4
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                        This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                        Done at Brussels, 27 January 1978 .
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                                   For the Commission
                          Article 1
                                                                                                    Finn GUNDELACH
The French Republic is authorized to permit, for a
period expiring on 31 July 1978 , the marketing in its                                                 Vice-President
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7 . 1966, p. 2298 /66.
(2 ) OJ No L 196, 26 . 7. 1975, p . 6 .