7. 2.9 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 35/21 (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) COMMISSION COMMISSION DECISION of 26 January 1990 . authorizing the Hellenic Republic to permit temporarily the marketing of durum wheat seed not satisfying the requirements of Council Directive. 66/402/EEC" (90/48/EEC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty éstablishing 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 Hellenic Republic, Whereas in Greece the production of durum wheat seed’ satisfying the requirements of Directive 66/402/EEC has been insufficient in 1989 and therefore is not adequate to meet that country’s needs; Whereas it is not possible to cover this demand satisfac- torily with seed from other Member States, or from third countries, satisfying all the requirements laid down in the said ‘Directive ; Whereas Greece should therefore be authorized to permit for-a period expiring on 31 March 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 Greece with such seed not satisfying the requi- rements of the Directive should be authorized to permit the- marketing of .such seed provided it is intended for Greece ; () OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2309/66." ) OJ No L 5, 7. 1. 1989, p. 31. 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 Hellenic -Republic is authorized to -permit, for a period expiring on 31 March 1990, the marketing in ‘its territory of a maximum of 5 000. tonnes of durum wheat seed (Triticum durum Desf.) of very early, short-stemmed varieties of the category ‘certified seed of the second generation’, which does not satisfy the requitements laid down in Annex II to Directive 66/402/EEC with regard to the minimum germination capacity, provided that the following requirements are satisfied : (a) the germination capacity is at least 78 % of pure seed ; (b) the official label shall bear-the. following endorse- ments : — ‘minimum germination capacity 78 %’, — ‘intended exclusively for Greece’. 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 5000