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( 1 ) OJ NO L 246 , 5 . 11 . 1971 , P . 1 .

( 2 ) OJ NO L 34 , 9 . 2 . 1979 , P . 2 .

( 3 ) OJ NO L 161 , 23 . 6 . 1976 , P . 10 .

( 4 ) OJ NO L 166 , 4 . 7 . 1979 , P . 9 .

COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1501/80

OF 16 JUNE 1980

AMENDING REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1445/76 SPECIFYING THE DIFFERENT VARIETIES OF LOLIUM PERENNE L .

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ,

HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2358/71 OF 26 OCTOBER 1971 ON THE COMMON ORGANIZATION OF THE MARKET IN SEEDS ( 1 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 234/79 ( 2 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 3 ( 5 ) THEREOF ,

WHEREAS COMMISSION REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1445/76 ( 3 ), AS LAST AMENDED BY REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1378/79 ( 4 ), LISTED THE VARIETIES OF LOLIUM PERENNE L . OF HIGH PERSISTENCE , LATE OR MEDIUM LATE , AND OF LOLIUM PERENNE L . OF LOW PERSISTENCE , MEDIUM LATE , MEDIUM EARLY OR EARLY , WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE PROVISIONS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 2358/71 ;

WHEREAS , SINCE THE LAST AMENDMENT TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1445/76 , CERTIFIED SEED OF CERTAIN VARIETIES OF LOLIUM PERENNE L . IS NO LONGER MARKETED , WHILE CERTIFIED SEED OF OTHER VARIETIES HAS APPEARED ON THE MARKET AND WILL BE MARKETED FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE 1980/81 MARKETING YEAR ; WHEREAS , FURTHERMORE , THE APPLICATION OF THE CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA TO CERTAIN VARIETIES OF LOLIUM PERENNE L . RESULTS IN THEIR INCLUSION IN ONE OF THE ABOVEMENTIONED LISTS ; WHEREAS THE ANNEXES TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1445/76 SHOULD THEREFORE BE AMENDED ACCORDINGLY ;

WHEREAS THE MEASURES PROVIDED FOR IN THIS REGULATION ARE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE OPINION OF THE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR SEEDS ,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION :

ARTICLE 1

ANNEXES I AND II TO REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1445/76 ARE HEREBY REPLACED BY THE ANNEXES HERETO .

ARTICLE 2

THIS REGULATION SHALL ENTER INTO FORCE ON THE THIRD DAY FOLLOWING ITS PUBLICATION IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES .

THIS REGULATION SHALL APPLY WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1980 .

THIS REGULATION SHALL BE BINDING IN ITS ENTIRETY AND DIRECTLY APPLICABLE IN ALL MEMBER STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 16 JUNE 1980 .

FOR THE COMMISSION

FINN GUNDELACH

VICE-PRESIDENT