No L 301/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 28. 10. 78 COMMISSION REGULATION (EEC) No 2514/78 of 26 October 1978 on the registration in the Member States of contracts for seed multiplication in non-member countries 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 organiza- tion of the market in seeds(!), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 1346/78 (?), and in particular Articles 3a (4) and 9 thereof, Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 provides that the registration by Member States’ bodies of seed multiplication contracts in non-member countries may be made obligatory; whereas this possibility should be used in respect of the species which play an important role in supplying the Community market; whereas the list of species meeting this criterion should be drawn up; Whereas these contracts cover several successive har- vests ; whereas, consequently, it should be provided, in the interests of a rational application of the system, that contracts concluded before this system entered into force but which cover subsequent harvests should be registered ; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 2358/71 also requires that contracts for seed multiplication in a non- member country must be defined; whereas it is also necessary to provide that the contracting party esta- blished in the Community should provide certain particulars when the contract is registered ; Whereas it is for the Member States to institute a system of registration of these contracts and it is desir- able that they should appoint a body for this purpose ; Whereas the Commission should be informed of the information contained in the contracts in order to enable it to monitor market development and to manage the Community market ; Whereas the measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the ,opinion of the Manage- ment Committee for Seeds, (1) OJ No L 246, 5. 11. 1971, p. 1. () O] No L 165, 22. 6. 1978, p. 1. HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 Contracts for seed multiplication in a non-member country which relate to the species or groups of varie- ties listed in the Annex hereto and were concluded with effect from 1 February 1979, and contracts concluded before that date for seeds to be harvested from 1 June 1980 onwards, shall be subject to registra- tion in accordance with this Regulation. Article 2 For the purposes of this Regulation, a ‘contract for multiplication in a non-member country’ means a contract concluded in writing between a party esta- blished in the Community and a party established in a non-member country enjoying seed production equi- valence with the Community whereby the latter party undertakes to multiply seeds or arrange for the multi- plication of seeds on the former’s behalf with a view to all or part of the seeds being imported into the Community. Article 3 For the purposes of the registration of contracts provided for in Article 1, the contracting party ecta- blished in the Community shall provide the body referred to in Article 4 with at least the following parti- culars : (a) the country in which the seed multiplication is to be carried out; (b) the species and variety of seeds; (c) the quantity, origin and category of seeds to be multiplied ; (d) the marketing years covered by the contract, the estimated quantities to be imported into the Community, the scheduled periods for delivery. Article 4 The Member States shall introduce a system of registra- tion of the contracts referred to in Article 1. To this end, they shall appoint a body responsible for registra- tion and notify the Commission of the name and address thereof before 1 February 1979.