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Language: en
Date: 1985-04-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 1 April 1985 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of hemp seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC

16. 4. 85                            Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 104/23
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 1 April 1985
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of hemp
               seed not complying with the requirements of Council Directive 69/208/EEC
                                                        (85/232/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
COMMUNITIES,
                                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European            The French Republic is authorized to permit, for a
Economic Community,                                              period expiring on 30 June 1985, the marketing in its
                                                                 territory of a maximum of 60 tonnes of hemp seed
Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30              (Cannabis sativa L.) of the categories certified seed of
June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre              the first and second generation which do not satisfy
plants ('), as last amended by Council Directive                 the requirements laid down in Annex II to Directive
82/859/EEC of 2 December 1982 (2), and in particular             69/208/EEC, with regard to the minimum germina­
Article 16 thereof,                                              tion, provided that the following requirements are
                                                                 satisfied ;
Having regard to the request made by the French                  (a) the germination capacity is at least 65 % of pure
Republic,                                                            seed ;
                                                                 (b) the official label shall bar the folllowing endorse­
Whereas in France the production of hemp seed                        ments :
complying with requirements of the said Directive has                — 'minimum germination capacity 65 %',
been insufficient in 1984 and is not adequate to
supply the needs of that country ;                                   — 'intended excluisively for France'.
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs _
sufficiently by certified seed from other Member States          The other Member States are authorized to permit,
or even from third countries, meeting all the require­           subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
ments laid down in the said Directive ;                          marketing in their territories of a maximum of 60
                                                                 tonnes of seed referred to in Article 1 , provided that
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be                  such seed is intended exclusively for France. The offi­
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June           cial label shall state : 'intended exclusively for France'.
1985, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned
species of the category cetified seed of the first and                                      Article 3
second generation subject to less stringent require­             The Member States shall notify the Commission
ments ;
                                                                 before 1 November 1985 of the quantities of seed
                                                                 marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other             The Commission shall inform the other Member
Member States which are able to supply the French                States thereof.
Republic with this seed not complying with require­
ments of the said Directive to permit the marketing of                                      Article 4
such seed, provided that it is intended exclusively for
France :                                                         This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                                             For the Commission
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                                              Frans ANDRIESSEN
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                            Vice-President
(') OJ No L 169, 10 . 7. 1969, p. 3 .
0 OJ No L 357, 18 . 12. 1982, p. 31 .