95/232/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1995 on the organization of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 69/208/EEC in order to establish conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape

• Published date: 05 July 1995
• Subject Matter: Seeds and seedlings
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 154, 5 July 1995

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95/232/EC: Commission Decision of 27 June 1995 on the organization of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 69/208/EEC in order to establish conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape

Official Journal L 154 , 05/07/1995 P. 0022 - 0025

COMMISSION DECISION of 27 June 1995 on the organization of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 69/208/EEC in order to establish conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape (95/232/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants (1), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 12a thereof,

Whereas Directive 69/208/EEC did not establish specific conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids of swede rape and turnip rape; whereas, furthermore, in the case of material not officially admitted to the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species, which material includes varietal associations, the said Directive neither established specific conditions nor permitted the certification and marketing of such material;

Whereas on the basis of preliminary evidence it has been claimed that specified conditions for seed of hybrids of swede rape and turnip rape should be established;

Whereas, similarly, it has been claimed that the certification and marketing of seed of varietal associations should now be permitted and consequently specific conditions governing seed of such varietal associations should also be established;

Whereas those claims cannot yet be confirmed at Community level on the basis of the information available;

Whereas it is therefore useful to organize a temporary experiment under specified conditions with the aim of establishing the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape;

Whereas the conditions of that experiment should be specified in such a manner as to enable the maximum information to be collected at Community level with a view to drawing proper conclusions for possible future adaptations of Community provisions;

Whereas, for the purpose of the experiment, Member States should be released from certain obligations laid down in Directive 69/208/EEC;

Whereas the measures contained in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry,

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