31973R0597

2 . 3 . 73 No L 57/3 Official Journal of the European Communities

REGULATION (EEC) No 597/73 OF THE COUNCIL of 26 February 1973

amending the Annex to Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 on the common organization of the market in seed and Regulation (EEC) No 1674/72 laying down general rules for granting and financing aid for seed

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN rules for granting and financing aid for seed, by COMMUNITIES , adding to it a reference to the Directive of 30 June 1969 referred to above ;

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Euro­ pean Economic Community ;

Having regard to Council Regulation ( EEC) No HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : 2358/71 ( J ) of 26 October 1971 on the common organization of the market in seeds, and in parti­ cular Article 3 (4) thereof ; Article 1 \ Having regard to the proposal from the Commis­ sion ; The Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2358/71 is amended by addition of the following headings : Whereas Council Directive of 30 June 1969 ( 2 ) on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants, as last amended by the Directive of 6 December CCT 1972 (3), lays down in Article 3 ( 1 ) that the seeds of heading Description of goods No Linum usitatissimum L. partim-flax may be marketed only if officially certified as 'basic seed' or ex 12.01 Linum usitatissimum L. partim Flax ' certified seed ' ; ex 12.03 C Arrhenatherum elatius ( L) J. et C. Presl . Tall oakgrass Whereas the production of certified seeds is particu­ larly costly to the breeder because of the limited market, and to the seed grower because of the poor return on seed and of the problems involved in rippling ; whereas, therefore, growers too often use Article 2 poor quality seed grown by themselves ; 1 . The following shall be substituted for the first Whereas, moreover, tall oakgrass (Arrhenatherum indent of Article 1 ( 1 ) of Regulation (EEC ) No 1674/ 72 : elatius ( L) J. et C. Presl .) falling under heading No 12.03 of the Common Customs Tariff is of consider­ able economic interest in certain areas ; '— as defined in the Council Directive of 14 June 1966 ( 3 ) on the marketing of fodder Whereas provision should therefore be made for plant seed and by the Council Directive of encouraging the production of basic and certified 30 June 1969 (4 ) on the marketing of seed of seed of flax and tall oakgrass by granting aid ; oil and fibre plants , as last amended by the whereas this ^product should for that reason be Council Directive of 6 December 1972 (5 ).' included in the Annex to Regulation ( EEC ) No 2358 /71 ; 2. The footnote (4) in Regulation (EEC ) No 1674/ 72 is replaced by the following footnotes : Whereas it is also necessary to amend Article 1 ( 1 ), first indent, of Council Regulation ( EEC ) No '( 4 ) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969 , p. 3 . ( 5 ) OJ No L 287, 26 . 12 . 1972, p. 22 '. 1674/72 (4 ) of 2 August 1972 laying down general

H OJ No L 246 , 5 . 11 . 1971 , p. 1 . Article 3 (2) OJ No L 169 , 10 . 7 . 1969, p. 3 . ( 3) OJ No L 287 , 26 . 12 . 1972 , p. 22. (4 ) OJ No I. 177 , 4 . 8 . 1972 , p. 1 . This Regulation shall apply from 1 July 1973

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This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States .

Done at Brussels, 26 February 1973 .

For the Council

The President

E. GLINNE