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( 1 ) OJ NO 125 , 11 . 7 . 1966 , P . 2298/66 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 356 , 27 . 12 . 1973 , P . 79 .

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE OF 25 JULY 1975 LIMITING THE MARKETING OF SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS ( POA PRATENSIS L . ) TO SEED WHICH HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED " BASIC SEED " OR " CERTIFIED SEED "

( 75/502/EEC )

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ;

HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 14 JUNE 1966 ( 1 ) ON THE MARKETING OF FODDER PLANT SEED , AS LAST AMENDED BY THE COUNCIL DIRECTIVE OF 11 DECEMBER 1973 ( 2 ) , IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) THEREOF ;

WHEREAS THE ABOVEMENTIONED DIRECTIVE PERMITS THE MARKETING OF BASIC , CERTIFIED AND COMMERCIAL SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS ( POA PRATENSIS L . ) ;

WHEREAS ARTICLE 3 ( 3 ) OF THE DIRECTIVE AUTHORIZES THE COMMISSION TO PROHIBIT THE MARKETING OF FODDER PLANT SEED UNLESS IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AS " BASIC SEED " OR " CERTIFIED SEED " ;

WHEREAS THE MEMBER STATES NOW PRODUCE SUFFICIENT AMOUNTS OF BASIC AND CERTIFIED SEED TO SATISFY THE DEMAND FOR SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY ;

WHEREAS IT IS CONSEQUENTLY APPROPRIATE TO ADMIT NO LONGER THE MARKETING OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS AFTER THE STOCKS RESULTING FROM CURRENT PRODUCTION CONDITIONS HAVE BEEN USED UP ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS DIRECTIVE ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON SEEDS AND PROPAGATING MATERIAL FOR AGRICULTURE , HORTICULTURE AND FORESTRY ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :

ARTICLE 1

THE MEMBER STATES PROVIDE THAT FROM 1 JULY 1976 IT IS NO LONGER PERMITTED TO MARKET SEED OF SMOOTH-STALK MEADOWGRASS ( POA PRATENSIS L . ) UNLESS IT HAS BEEN OFFICIALLY CERTIFIED AS " BASIC SEED " OR " CERTIFIED SEED " .

ARTICLE 2

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL , NOT LATER THAN 1 JULY 1976 , BRING INTO FORCE THE LAWS , REGULATIONS OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS NECESSARY TO COMPLY WITH THIS DIRECTIVE . THEY SHALL FORTHWITH INFORM THE COMMISSION THEREOF .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DIRECTIVE IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 25 JULY 1975 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

P.J . LARDINOIS

MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION