86/319/EEC: Commission Decision of 20 June 1986 authorizing Spain to provide temporarily for derogation from certain provisions of Council Directive 66/401/EEC which restrict the marketing of seed of certain fodder plant species to seed which has been officially certified as 'basic seed'or 'certified seed' (Only the Spanish text is authentic)

COMMISSION  DECISION
of 20 June 1986
authorizing Spain to provide temporarily for derogation from certain provisions of Council Directive 66/401/EEC which restrict the marketing of seed of certain fodder plant species to seed which has been officially certified as 'basic seed' or 'certified seed'
(Only the Spanish text is authentic)
(86/319/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 66/401/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of fodder plant seed (1), as last amended by Directive 86/155/EEC (2), and in particular Article 3 (1a) thereof,
Whereas Directive 66/401/EEC requires that the Member States shall provide that seed of certain species, including Medicago sativa, Brassica oleracea convar. acephala and Raphanus sativus ssp. oleifera, may not be placed on the market unless it has been officially certified as 'basic seed' or 'certified seed';
Whereas, however, until 31 December 1989 Spain may be authorized, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21 of that Directive to provide for derogations from the abovementioned provision in the case of seed of Medicago sativa, Brassica oleracea convar., acephala and Raphanus sativus;
Whereas, in the case of local varieties of Medicago sativa and of bred varieties of Brassica oleracea convar. acephala and Raphanus sativus ssp. oleifera, which have been officially accepted in Spain, it is necessary to perform certain selection and multiplication work, before sufficient amounts of seed of these varieties are qualified for official certification;
Whereas Spain should therefore temporarily be authorized to provide for derogations until this work has been accomplished, provided that certain technical conditions are fulfilled;
Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,