CELEX: 31976D0508
Language: en
Date: 1976-05-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18 May 1976 authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of certified seed of red clover of a variety not admitted in the Community

5 . 6. 76                          Official . Journal of the European Communities                        No L 147/ 15
                                                COMMISSION DECISION
                                                      of 18 May 1976
              authorizing the French Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of certi­
                     fied seed of red clover of a variety not admitted in the Community
                                            (Only the French text is authentic)
                                                        (76/508/EEC)
 THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN                                  HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
 COMMUNITIES,
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                                  Article 1
 Economic Community,
                                                                 The French Republic is authorized to permit for a
 Having regard to Council Directive 66/ 104/EEC of 14            period expiring on 30 September 1976, the marketing
June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1),             in its territory of a maximum of 300 metric tons of
 as last amended by Council Directive 75/444/EEC of              red clover seed of the category 'certified seed of the
 26 June 1975 (2), and in particular Article 17 thereof,         first generation' belonging to the variety 'Viola'. The
                                                                 official label shall bear the endorsement 'intended
 Having regard to the request made by the French
 Republic,
                                                                 exclusively for marketing in France'.
Whereas the production of seeds of certified seed cate­                                 Article 2
gory of red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) was insuffi­
cient in 1975 and therefore will not be adequate to              The French Republic shall report to the Commission
supply French requirements ;                                     before 1 November 1976 the quantity of seed which
Whereas it has not been possible to cover this                   has been marketed in its territory pursuant to this
                                                                 Decision . The Commission shall inform the other
demand by certified seed from other Member States or
even from third countries of varieties included in the           Member States thereof.
'common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant
species' or included in the French catalogues of varie­                                 Article J
 ties ;
                                                                 This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Whereas the French Republic should therefore be
authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 30
September 1976, the marketing of 'certified seed of
the first generation' belonging to a variety of which            Done at Brussels, 18 May 1976.
the seed may not be marketed as such in its territory ;
                                                                                          For the Commission
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision
are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing                                           P.J. LARDINOIS
 Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for
Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,                                                Member of the Commission
(') OJ No 125, 11 . 7. 1966, p. 2298/66.
(2) OJ No L 196, 26. 7. 1975, p. 6.