CELEX: 31977D0396
Language: en
Date: 1977-05-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10 May 1977 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401/EEC

No L 147/42                              Official Journal of the European Communities                                15 . 6 . 77
                                                   COMMISSION DECISION
                                                         of 10 May 1977
             authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of seed
                       not complying with requirements of Council Directive 66/401 /EEC
                                                           (77/ 396/ EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                        territory of a maximum of 500 tonnes of birdsfoot
COMMUNITIES,                                                          trefoil seed (Lotus corniculatus L.) of the category
                                                                      'commercial seed' which do not satisfy the require­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 ments     laid  down     in   Annex     II  to  Directive
Economic Community,                  ...                              66/401 / EEC of 14 June 1966, with regard to
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401 / EEC of 14                 minimum germination capacity, provided that the
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed ('),                  following requirements are satisfied :
as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/ EEC of                   (a) the germination capacity is at least 70 % of pure
26 June 1 975 (2 ), and in particular Article 17 thereof,                 seed ;
Having regard to the request made by the French                       (b) the official label shall bear the following endorse­
Republic,                                                                  ments :
Whereas in France the production of birdsfoot trefoil                     — 'minimum germination capacity 70 % ' ;
seed complying with requirements of the said Direc­                       — 'intended exclusively for France'.
tive has been insufficient in 1976 and is not adequate
to supply the needs of that country ;                                                          Article 2
Whereas it has not been possible to cover these needs
sufficiently by 'certified seed' or 'commercial seed'                 The other Member States are authorized to permit,
from other Member States or even from third coun­                     subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1 , the
tries, meeting all the requirements laid down in the                  marketing in their territories of a maximum of 500
said Directives ;                                                     tonnes of birdsfoot trefoil seed, provided that such
                                                                      seed is intended exclusively for France. The official
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be                       label shall state : 'intended exclusively for France'.
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30 June
 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 French                     marketed in their territories pursuant to this Decision .
Republic with this seed not complying with require­                   The Commission shall inform the other Member
ments of the Directive to permit the marketing of                     States thereof.
such seed provided that it is intended exclusively for
France ;
                                                                                               Article 4
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
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 French Republic is authorized to permit for a
period expiring on 30 June 1977 the marketing in its                                                  Vice-President
(') OJ No 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , p . 2298 / 66 .
 2 OJ No L 196 , 26 . 7 . 1975 , p . 6 .