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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-179/introduction",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2007/179",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 22 March 2007 authorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the year 2006 (notified under document number C(2007) 1280) (Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic) (2007/179/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2007-179",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Decision\nof 22 March 2007\nauthorising Finnish aid for seeds and cereal seed in respect of the year 2006\n(notified under document number C(2007) 1280)\n(Only the Finnish and Swedish texts are authentic)\n(2007/179/EC)\nTHE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,\nHaving regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005 of 23 November 2005 on the common organisation of the market in seeds and repealing Regulations (EEC) No 2358/71 and (EEC) No 1674/72, and in particular the first subparagraph of Article 8(2) thereof,\nHaving regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 of 26 October 1971 on the common organisation of the market in seeds, and in particular Article 8 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nBy letter dated 18 December 2006, the Finnish Government requested authorisation, from 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2006, to grant farmers aid for certain quantities of varieties of seeds and cereal seed produced solely in Finland because of its specific climatic conditions.\n(2)\nFinland requests authorisation to grant aid per hectare for certain areas under Gramineae (grass) and Leguminosae (legumes) seeds species as listed in Annex XI to Council Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 of 29 September 2003 establishing common rules for direct support schemes under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, with the exception of Phleum pratense L. (Timothy), and for certain areas under cereal seed.\n(3)\nThe proposed aid meets the requirements laid down in Article 8 of Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005. It concerns seeds and cereal seed varieties for cultivation in Finland which are adapted to the weather conditions in that country and are not grown in other Member States. The Commission authorisation should be limited to the varieties included in the list of Finnish varieties which are cultivated only in Finland.\n(4)\nProvision should be made for the Commission to be informed of the measures taken by Finland to comply with the limits laid down in this Decision,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 312, 29.11.2005, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 246, 5.11.1971, p. 1. Regulation repealed by Regulation (EC) No 1947/2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 270, 21.10.2003, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2013/2006 (OJ L 384, 29.12.2006, p. 13)."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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