No L 106/28 Official Journal of the European Communities 26. 4. 90 COMMISSION DECISION of 4 April 1990 authorizing the Italian Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of rice seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive 66/402/EEC (90/204/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN. COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, Having regard to Council Directive 66/402/EEC of 14 June 1966 on the marketing of cereal seed ('), as last amended by Commission Directive 89/2/EEC (3, and in particular Article 17 thereof, Having regard to the request submitted by the Italian Republic, . Whereas in Italy the produiction of rice seed satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/402/EEC was insufficient in 1989 and therefore is not adequate to meet that country’s needs ; Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand satisfacto- rily with seed from other Member States, or from third countries, satisfying all the requirements laid down in the said Directive ; Whereas Italy should therefore be authorized to permit for a period expiring on 31 May 1990, the marketing of seed of the abovementioned species subject to less strin- gent requirements ; Whereas, moreover, other Member States, which are able to supply Italy with such seed not satisfying the require- ments of the Directive should be authorized to permit the marketing of such seed provided it is intended for Italy ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horti- culture and Forestry, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION : Article 1 The Italian Republic is authorized to permit, for a period expiring on 31 May 1990, the marketing in its territory of a maximum of -1 000 tonnes of seed of rice (Oryza sativa - L.) of the category ‘certified seed of the first generation’ or () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66. () OJ No L 5, 7. 1. 1989, p. 31. i ‘certified seed of the second generation’, which does not satisfy the requirements laid down in Annex II to Direc- tive 66/402/EEC with regard to the maximum number of red seeds, provided that the following requirements are satisfied : (a). the number of red seeds of rice in a sample of 500 grams shall not exceed, in the case of certified seed of the. first generation, six, or, in the case of certified seed of the second generation, eight; (b) the official: label shall bear the following endorse- ments : — (in the case of certified seed of the first generation) ‘six red seeds in 500 g sample’ or (in the case of certified seed of the second generation) ‘eight red seeds in 500 g sample’, — ‘intended exclusively for Italy’. 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 1000 . tonnes of rice seed provided that it is intended exclusively for Italy. The -official label shall bear the endorsements referred to in Article 1 (b). Article 3 Member States shall notify the Commission before 31 July 1990 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, 4 April 1990. For the Commission Ray MAC  SHARRY Member of the. Commission