CELEX: 31974D0266
Language: en
Date: 1974-05-02 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 2 May 1974 authorizing the French Republic to permit, for a period which expires on 31 May 1974, the marketing of certified spring barley seed satisfying less stringent requirements

24. 5. 74                             Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 141 / 17
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                       of 2 May 1974
                authorizing the French Republic to permit, for a period which expires on 31
                May 1974, the marketing of certified spring barley seed satisfying less stringent
                                                        requirements
                                              (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                         (74/266/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                    1 . of a maximum of 3 000 metric tons of spring
COMMUNITIES,                                                          barley seed of the categories 'certified seed of the
                                                                      first generation' and 'certified seed of the second
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                 generation',    of   the   varieties   Oriol, Ortolan,
Economic Community ;                                                  Hornisse and Belfor not included in the French
Having regard to the Council Directive of 14 June                     catalogue of cultivated plant species and varieties ;
 1966 (') on the marketing of cereal seed, as last                2. of a maximum of 16 000 metric tons of spring
amended by the Council Directive of 1 1 December                      barley seed of the categories 'certified seed of the
 1973 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof ;                     first generation' and 'certified seed of the second
Having regard to the request made by the French                       generation' harvested in 1973 which does not
Republic ;                                                            satisfy the requirements set out in Annex II to the
                                                                      Council Diretive of 14 June 1966 with regard to
Whereas the production in the French Republic of                      minimum germination, provided the following
certified spring barley seed of the 1973 harvest, satis­              requirements are satisfied :
fying the requirements with regard to minimum                         (a) germination must be at least 80 % of pure
germination, is insufficient to meet demand due to                         seed ;
unfavourable weather conditions during harvesting ;
                                                                      (b) the official label must state that the germina­
Whereas needs cannot be adequately met by certified                        tion of the seed is reduced : minimum germina­
spring barley seed satisfying all the requirements for                     tion 80 % .
certification , coming from other Member States ;
                                                                                            Article 2
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period which expires on 31            The French Republic shall report to the Commission
May 1974, the marketing of certified spring barley                before 1 July 1974 the quantity of certified spring
seed satisfying less stringent requirements ;                     barley seed permitted to be marketed in its territory
                                                                  pursuant to this Decision . The Commission shall
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision                inform the other Member States of this .
are in accordance with the Opinion of the Standing
Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for                                             A rticle 3
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,
                                                                  This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
                                                                  Done at Brussels, 2 May 1974.
                          Article 1                                                            For the Commission
The French Republic is authorized to permit the                                                   , Tbe President
marketing in its territory, for a period which expires
on 31 May 1974 :                                                                              Francois-Xavier ORTOLl
(') OJ No 12.5, 11 . 7. 1966, p . 2309/66 .
(*) OJ No L 356, 27. 12. 1973, p. 79 .