CELEX: 31976D0613
Language: en
Date: 1976-07-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 7 July 1976 authorizing the Italian Republic temporarily to permit the marketing of commercial seed of certain species of fodder plants satisfying less stringent requirements

22. 7. 76                           Official Journal of the European Communities                            No L 196/ 19
                                              COMMISSION DECISION
                                                     of 7 July 1976
              authorizing the Italiah Republic temporarily to permit the marketing of
              commercial seed of certain species of fodder plants satisfying less stringent
                                                      requirements
                                            (Only the Italian text is authentic)
                                                       (76/61 3/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   on 31 March 1977, of a maximum of 150 metric tons
COMMUNITIES,                                                     of Hungarian Vetch Seed (Vicia pannonica Crantz)
                                                                 and a maximum of 400 metric tons of Hairy Vetch
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European           seed (Vicia Villosa Roth) of the category 'commercial
 Economic Community,                                             seed', which does not satisfy the conditions set out in
 Having regard to Council Directive of 14 June 1966              Annex II to Council Directive of 14 June 1976 with
on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last               regard to minimum germination provided that the
amended by Council Directive of 26 June 1 975 (2),               following requirements are satisfied :
and in particular Article 17 thereof,                            (a) germination shall be at least 80 % of pure seed ;
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                 (b) the official label shall indicate that the germina­
Republic,                                                            tion of the seed is reduced : minimum germina­
                                                                     tion   80 % , and    shall bear the endorsement
Whereas the production of seed of the species Hung­
arian Vetch and Hairy Vetch, satisfying the require­                 'intended exclusively for marketing in Italy'.
ments regarding minimum germination, is insuffi­
cient in Italy ;                                                                         Article 2
Whereas the demand cannot adequately be met from
commercial seed of these species from other Member               The Italian Republic shall report to the Commission,
States which satisfy all the conditions necessary for            before 1 May 1977, the quantity of commercial Hung­
 marketing ;                                                     arian Vetch and Hairy Vetch seed permitted to be
                                                                 marketed in its territory pursuant to this Decision .
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­           The Commission shall inform the other Member
orized, during the period expiring on 31 March 1977,             States thereof.
to permit the marketing of commercial seed of Hung­
arian Vetch and Hairy Vetch satisfying less stringent
requirements ;                                                                           Article 3
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing               This Decision is addressed to the Italian Republic.
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                 Done at Brussels, 7 July 1976.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                           For the Commission
                         Article 1
                                                                                              P.J. LARDINOIS
The Italian Republic is authorized to permit the
marketing in its territory, during the period expiring                                  Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(^) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.