CELEX: 31977D0151
Language: en
Date: 1976-12-29 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 29 December 1976 extending for the United Kingdom in respect of a certain number of varieties the period provided for in Article 15 (1) of Directive 70/457/EEC

No L 47/74                            Official Journal of the European Communities                                18 . 2 . 77
                                                 COMMISSION DECISION
                                                    of 29 December 1976
               extending for the United Kingdom in respect of a certain number of varieties the
                              period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive 70/457/EEC
                                               (Only the English text is authentic)
                                                         (77/15 1 /EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                     an appropriate time to permit a full examination of
 COMMUNITIES ,                                                      the request ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
 European Economic Community,                                       are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing
                                                                    Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
 Having regard to Council Ddrective 70/457/EEC of                   Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
 29 September 1970 on the common catalogue of
 varieties of agricultural pliant species (*), as last
 amended by Council Directive 73 /438/EEC of                        HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 11 December 1973 (2 ), and in particular Article 15 (7 )
 thereof,
                                                                                            Article 1
Whereas, in accordance with the provisions of Article
 15 ( 1 ) of the abovementioned Directive, seeds and                The period provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of Directive
propagating material of varieties of agricultural plant             70/457/EEC, shall be extended for the United
species which have been officially accepted during                  Kingdom beyond 31 December 1976 until 31 March
 the year 1974 in at least one of the Member States                  1977 in respect of the following varieties :
 and which also fullfil the conditions laid down in the
abovementioned Directive are, with effect from                      I. Fodder plants
31 December 1976, no longer subject to any
                                                                        Lolium perenne L.
marketing restrictions relating to variety within the
Community ;                                                                Belida
                                                                           Patora
Whereas, however, Article 15 (2) of the
abovementioned Directive provides that a Member                     II. Cereals
State may be authorized upon application to prohibit
the marketing of seeds and propagating material of                      1 . Hordeum idistichum L.
certain varieties ;                                                         Pirouette
Whereas the United Kingdom has requested by letter                          Ramona
of 25 November 1976 such authorization for a certain
                                                                        2. Triticum aestivum L.
number of varieties ;
                                                                            Burma .
Whereas this request is now being carefully examined
by the Commission ; whereas it is not possible to                                           Article 2
complete examination of all the varieties which are
the subject of the request before expiry of the period              This Decision is addressed to the United Kingdom.
provided for in Article 15 ( 1 ) of the abovementioned
Directive ;
Whereas it consequently seems desirable to extend,                  Done at Brussels, 29 December 1976.
for the United Kingdom , the period in question for
                                                                                                   For the Commission
                                                                                                      P. J. LARDINOIS
(!) OJ No L 225 , 12. 10. 1970, p. 1 .
(2) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 79.                                                           Member of the Commission