CELEX: 
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 August 1977 amending Decision 77/162/EEC authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to permit temporarily the marketing of red clover seed not complying with Community conditions

26. 8. 77                           Official Journal of the European Communities                       No L 218/35
                                               COMMISSION DECISION
                                                   of 10 August 1977
              amending Decision 77/162/EEC authorizing the Federal Republic of Germany to
              permit temporarily the marketing of red clover seed not complying with
                                                 Community conditions
                                                      (77/557/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                 Whereas this period should therefore be extended ;
 COMMUNITIES,
                                                               Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European         are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
 Economic Community,                                           Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 /EEC of 14          Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1),
as last amended by Directive 75/444/EEC (2), and in
 particular Article 17 thereof,                                HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 Having regard to the request made by the Federal
Republic of Germany,                                                                  Article 1
Whereas in Germany the production of seed of the               In Article 1 of Decision 77/ 162/EEC, for '31 July
category 'certified seed' of red clover (Trifolium              1977' read '31 October 1977'.
pratense L) was insufficient in 1976 and therefore will
not be adequate to supply Germany's requirements ;
                                                                                      Article 2
Whereas Commission Decision 77/ 162/EEC of 7
 February 1977 (3) has already authorized the Federal          This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Republic of Germany to market 1 350 tonnes of red
clover seed of the category 'certified seed' of the first
generation of varieties not included in the common
catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species or in     Done at Brussels, 10 August 1977.
its national catalogues of varieties, for a period which
expired on 31 July 1977 ;                                                               For the Commission
Whereas this period has not been sufficient to permit                                    Finn GUNDELACH
the marketing of all seed covered by this Decision
down to the ultimate user :                                                                 Vice-President
(»), OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.
(3) OJ No L 51 , 23. 2. 1977, p. 15.