EUR-Lex - 31979D0357 - EN

ARTICLE 1

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT FOR THE PERIOD EXPIRING ON 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 THE MARKETING ON ITS TERRITORY OF A MAXIMUM OF 4 500 TONNES OF FIELD BEAN SEED ( VICIA FABA L . VAR . MINOR ( PETERM .) BULL ) OF THE CATEGORY ' CERTIFIED SEED OF THE FIRST GENERATION ' AND 400 TONNES OF WHITE AND YELLOW LUPIN SEED ( LUPINUS ALBUS L ., LUPINUS LUTEUS L .) OF THE CATEGORY ' COMMERCIAL SEED ' WHICH DO NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS WITH REGARD TO MINIMUM GERMINATION CAPACITY LAID DOWN IN ANNEX II TO DIRECTIVE 66/401/EEC , PROVIDED THAT THE FOLLOWING REQUIREMENTS ARE SATISFIED :

( A ) THE GERMINATION CAPACITY IS AT LEAST 75 % OF PURE SEED ;

( B ) THE OFFICIAL LABEL SHALL BEAR THE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENTS :

• ' MINIMUM GERMINATION CAPACITY 75 % ' ,

• ' INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR GERMANY ' .

ARTICLE 2

THE OTHER MEMBER STATES ARE AUTHORIZED TO PERMIT , SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 1 , THE MARKETING IN THEIR TERRITORIES OF A MAXIMUM OF 4 500 TONNES OF FIELD BEAN SEED AND A MAXIMUM OF 400 TONNES OF WHITE AND YELLOW LUPIN SEED , PROVIDED THAT SUCH SEED IS INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR GERMANY . THE OFFICIAL LABEL SHALL STATE : ' INTENDED EXCLUSIVELY FOR GERMANY ' .

ARTICLE 3

THE MEMBER STATES SHALL NOTIFY THE COMMISSION BEFORE 1 DECEMBER 1979 OF THE QUANTITIES OF SEED MARKETED IN THEIR TERRITORIES 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