29.6.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 163/13 COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1388/1999 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 Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organisation of the market in seeds ('), as last amended by the Act of Acces- sion of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and Regulation (EC) No 192/98 (3), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof, (1)  Whereas Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1445/ 76 (%), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1317/98 (%), 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 Regula- tion (EEC) No 2358/71; (2)  Whereas, since the last amendment of Regulation (EEC) No 1445/76, certified seed of certain vari- eties 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 1999/2000 marketing vyear; whereas, furthermore, the application of the classi- fication 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; (3)  Whereas the measures provided for in this Regula- tion 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 to this Regulation. Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 July 1999. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels,. () OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1. () OJ L 20, 27.1.1998, p. 16. ¢) O] L 161, 23.6.1976, p. 10. () OJ L 183, 26.6.1998, p. 15. For the Commission Franz FISCHLER Member of the Commission