CELEX: 31977D0402
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 70/458/EEC

No L 147/48                            Official Journal of the European Communities                               15. 6. 77
                                                  COMMISSION DECISION
                                                        of 10 May 1977
               authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                     not complying with requirements of Council Directive 70/458/EEC
                                                          (77/402/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                      territory of a maximum of 1 3*3 tonnes of fennel seed
COMMUNITIES,                                                        (Foeniculum vulgare P. Mill) of the category 'standard
                                                                    seed' subject to less stringent requirements with
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              regard to minimum germination capacity laid down
 Economic Community,                                                in Annex II to Directive 70/458/EEC, provided that
Having regard to Council Directive 70/458/ EEC of 29                the following requirements are satisfied :
September 1970 on the marketing of vegetable                        (a) the germination capacity is at least 50 % of pure
seed ('), as last amended by Council Directive                          seed ;
76/307/ EEC of 15 March 1 976 (2), and in particular
Article 33 thereof,                                                 (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
                                                                        ments :
Having regard to the request made by the Italian                        — 'minimum germination capacity 50 %',
Republic,                                                               — 'intended exclusively for Italy'.
Whereas in Italy the production of fennel seed
complying with requirements of the said Directive has                                        Article 2
been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate to
supply the needs of that country ;
                                                                    The other Member States are authorized to perjnit,
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs               subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
satisfactorily by such seed from other Member States                marketing in their territories of a maximum of 13-3
or even from third countries ;                                      tonnes of fennel seed provided that such seed is
                                                                    intended exclusively for Italy. The official label shall
Whereas the Italian Republic should therefore be auth­              state : 'intended exclusively for Italy'.
orized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 July
 1977, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned                                           Article 3
species of a category subject to less stringent require­
ments ;                                                             The Member States shall notify the Commission
Whereas it appears also desirable to authorize other                before 1 November 1977 of the quantities of seed
Member States which are able to supply the Italian                  marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision.
                                                                    The Commission shall inform the other Member
Republic with this seed not complying with require­                 States thereof.
ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for
 Italy ;                                                                                     Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
                                                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                    Done at Brussels, 10 May 1977.
 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                                               For the Commission
                          Article 1
                                                                                                Finn GUNDELACH
The Italian Republic is authorized to permit for a
period expiring on 31 July 1977 the marketing on its                                               Vice-President
(') OJ No L 225, 12. 10 . 1970 , p . 7 .
(2) OJ No L 72, 18 . 3 . 1976, p . 16 .