EUR-Lex - 31979D0356 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT FOR A PERIOD EXPIRING ON 31 JULY 1979 THE MARKETING IN ITS TERRITORY OF A MAXIMUM OF 45 TONNES OF SUNFLOWER SEED ( HELIANTHUS ANNUUS L .) OF THE CATEGORY ' CERTIFIED SEED ' OF HYBRID VARIETIES RESISTANT TO MILDEW INCLUDED NEITHER IN THE COMMON CATALOGUE OF VARIETIES OF AGRICULTURAL PLANT SPECIES NOR IN ITS NATIONAL CATALOGUES OF VARIETIES .

THE OFFICIAL LABEL SHALL STATE ' INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR FRANCE ' .

ARTICLE 2

THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ARE HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 , THE MARKETING IN THEIR TERRITORY OF A MAXIMUM OF 45 TONNES OF SUNFLOWER SEED , PROVIDED THAT IT IS INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR FRANCE . THE OFFICIAL LABEL SHALL STATE : ' INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR FRANCE ' .

ARTICLE 3

MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION BEFORE 30 NOVEMBER 1979 OF THE QUANTITIES OF SEED MARKETED IN THEIR TERRITORY PURSUANT TO THIS DECISION . THE COMMISSION SHALL INFORM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES THEREOF .

ARTICLE 4

THIS DECISION IS ADDRESSED TO THE MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 20 MARCH 1979 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT