CELEX: 31976D0222
Language: en
Date: 1975-12-30 00:00:00
Title: 76/222/EEC: Commission Decision of 30 December 1975 extending for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in respect of a certain number of varieties the period after which seeds and propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant species are no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety

21.2 . 76                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 46/35
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 30 December 1975
              extending for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg in respect of a certain number of
              varieties the period after which seeds and propagating material of varieties of agricultural
              plant species are no longer subject to any marketing restrictions relating to variety
                                                        (76/222/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                   Whereas it consequently seems desirable to extend,
COMMUNITIES ,                                                    for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the period in
                                                                 question for an appropriate time to permit a full
                                                                 examination of the request;
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                 Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
Having regard to Council Directive 70/457/EEC of                 are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of                     Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
varieties of agricultural plant species ( 1 ), as last           Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
amended by Council Directive 73/43 8/EEC of
11 December 1973 (2), and in particular Article 15 ( 7)
thereof,
                                                                 HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of
Articles 15 ( 1 ) and 16 of the abovementioned
Directive, seeds or propagating material of these                                        Article 1
varieties of agricultural species which have been
officially approved before 1 January 1974 in at least            The period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive
one of the Member States and which also fulfil the               70/457/EEC, after whose expiry seeds and propaga­
conditions laid down in the said Directive, are, with            ting material of varieties of agricultural plant species
effect from 31 December 1975 , no longer subject                 are no longer subject to any marketing restrictions
to any marketing restrictions relating to variety                relating to variety within the Community, shall be
within the Community ;                                           extended for the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
                                                                 beyond 31 December 1975 until 30 June 1976 in
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the above­                   respect of the following varieties :
mentioned Directive provides that a Member State
may be authorized on its request to prohibit the
marketing of seeds and propagating material of                   FODDER PLANTS
certain varieties ;
                                                                 Trifolium pratense L.
Whereas the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has
requested by letter of 2 December 1975 such                      Aberystwyth S 123
authorization for a certain number of varieties ;
                                                                 Aberystwyth S 151
                                                                 Altaswede
Whereas this request is now being carefully examined
by the Commission ; whereas the Commission has,                  Cornish Marl
by its Decision of 30 December 1975 granted such                 Cotswold Single Cut
authorization for some of these varieties ; whereas
it is not possible to complete examination of the                Essex Single Cut
other varieties which are the subject of the request             Grasslands Turoa
before expiry of the period in question ;
                                                                 Krano Pajbjerg
                                                                 Merkur
    OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 1 .
(8) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973 , p. 79.                           Montgomery
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Nava Trifolium                                                   Article 2
Rea 4 n                                    This Decision is addressed to the Member States .
Resident Øtofte
                                           Done at Brussels, 30 December 1975 .
Tenda Trifolium
                                                                        For the Commission
Toma 0tofte                                                              G. M. THOMSON
Vesta Dsehnfeldt                                                    Member of the Commission