CELEX: 31978D0128
Language: en
Date: 1977-12-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28 December 1977 extending for the United Kingdom in respect of a certain number of varieties the period provided for in Article 15 (1) of Directive 70/457/EEC

No L 41 /44                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               11 . 2. 78
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 28 December 1977
              extending (or the United Kingdom in respect of a certain number of varieties
                       the period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive 70/457/EEC
                                              (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                         (78/ 128/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     Whereas it consequently seems desirable to extend,
COMMUNITIES,                                                       for the United Kingdom, the period in question for
                                                                   an appropriate time to permit a full examination of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              the request ;
Economic Community,
                                                                   Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of 29                are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
September 1970 on the common catalogue of varieties                Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
of agricultural plant species (J ), as last amended by             Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
Council     Directive    78 / 55/ EEC    of   19   December
1977 (2), and in particular Article 15 (7) thereof,
                                                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article
15 (1 ) of the abovementioned Directive, seeds and                                        Article 1
propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant
species which have been officially accepted during the             The period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive
                                                                   70 /457/EEC     shall be  extended   for    the    United
year 1975 in at least one of the Member States and
which also fulfil the conditions laid down in the                  Kingdom from 31 December 1977 until 31 March
abovementioned Directive are, with effect from 31                   1978 in respect of the following varieties :
December 1977, no longer subject to any marketing                  Fodder plants
restrictions relating to variety within the Community ;            Lolium perenne L
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the abovemen­                      Amado
tioned Directive provides that a Member State may be                   Marathon .
authorized upon application to prohibit the marketing
of seeds and propagating material of certain varieties ;                                  Article 2
Whereas the United Kingdom has requested such                      This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
authorization for certain varieties ;
Whereas this request is now being carefully examined                Done at Brussels, 28 December 1977 .
by the Commission ; whereas it is not possible to
                                                                                            For the Commission
complete examination of all the varieties which are
the subject of the request before expiry of the period                                       Finn GUNDELACH
provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of the abovementioned
Directive :                                                                                     Vice-President
(•) OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 16, 20 . 1 . 1978, p. 23 .