No L 154/22 Official Journal of the European Communities 5.7.95 COMMISSION DECISION of 27 June 1995 on the organization of a temporary experiment under Council Directive 69/208/EEC in order to establish conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape (95/232/EC) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Directive 69/208/EEC of 30 June 1969 on the marketing of seed of oil and fibre plants ('), as last amended by the Act of Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden, and in particular Article 12a thereof, Whereas Directive 69/208/EEC did not establish specific conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids of swede rape and turnip rape ; whereas, furthermore, in the case of material not officially admitted to the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species, which material includes varietal associations, the said Directive neither established specific conditions nor permitted the certifica- tion and marketing of such material ; Whereas on the basis of preliminary evidence it has been claimed that specified conditions for seed of hybrids of swede rape and turnip rape should be established ; Whereas, similarly, it has been claimed that the certifica- tion and marketing of seed of varietal associations should now be permitted and consequently specific conditions governing seed of such varietal associations should also be established ; Whereas those claims cannot yet be confirmed at Community level on the basis of the information avail- able ; Whereas it is therefore useful to organize a temporary experiment under specified conditions with the aim of establishing the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape ; Whereas the conditions of that experiment should be specified in such a manner as to enable the maximum information to be collected at Community level with a view to drawing proper conclusions for possible future adaptations of Community provisions ; Whereas, for the purpose of the experiment, Member States should be released from certain obligations laid down in Directive 69/208/EEC ; () OJ No L 169, 10. 7. 1969, p. 3. Whereas the measures contained 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 1. A temporary experiment shall be organized at Community level under the conditions specified in the Annex, in order to establish the conditions to be satisfied by the seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape (Brassica napus L) and turnip rape (Brassica rapa L. wvar. silvestris (Lam,) Briggs) for certification and marketing under Directive 69/208/EEC. 2.  Any Member State may participate in the experi- ment. Article 2 For the purpose of this Decision : — a ‘varietal association’ shall mean an association of certified seed of a specified male-sterile hybrid variety officially admitted under Directive 70/457/EEC (), with certified seed of one or more specified pollinator varieties, similarly admitted, and mechanically combined in proportions jointly determined by the persons responsible for the maintenance of the ‘polli- nator-dependent hybrid’ and of the ‘pollinator(s), such comination having been notified to the Certification Authority, — ‘pollinator-dependent hybrid’ shall mean the male- sterile component within the ‘varietal association’, — ‘pollinator(s) shall mean the component shedding pollen within the ‘varietal association’. Article 3 Seed of hybrids and varietal associations of swede rape and turnip rape may be marketed within the Community provided that the conditions and requirements in the Annex are satisfied. ® OJ No L 225, 12. 10. 1970, p. 1.