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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the marketing of ornamental plant propagating 
material and ornamental plants 
COM(89) 650 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 21 December 1989) 
(90/C 52/10) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European 
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43 
thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and 
Social Committee, 
Whereas the production of ornamental plants occupies 
an important place in the agriculture of the Community; 
Whereas satisfactory results in the cultivation of 
ornamental plants depend to a large extent on the quality 
and health of the material used for their propagation and 
of the plants themselves; whereas certain Member States 
have in consequence introduced rules intended to 
guarantee the quality and health of propagating material 
and ornamental plants placed on the market; 
Whereas the different treatment accorded to propagating 
material and ornamental plants in different Member 
States is likely to create barriers to trade and thus hinder 
the free movement of these goods within the 
Community; whereas with a view to achieving the Single 
Market, these barriers should be removed, by setting up 
Community provisions to replace those laid down by the 
Member States; 
Whereas the establishment of harmonized conditions at 
Community level will ensure that purchasers throughout 
the Community receive propagating material and 
ornamental plants which are healthy and of good 
quality; Whereas, so far as they relate to plant health, such 
harmonized conditions must be coherent with the 
provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21 
December 1976 on protective measures against the intro­
duction into the Member States of organisms harmful to 
plants or plant products (*), as last amended by Directive 
89/439/EEC(2); 
Whereas, for seed of certain genera and species of 
ornamental plant, harmonized conditions have already 
been established by Council Directive 66/604/EEC of 14 
June 1966 on the marketing of forest reproductive 
material (3), as last amended by Directive 
88/332/EEC (4); whereas, to the extent that such seed is 
covered by that Directive, it should not be subject to the 
Community rules contained herein; 
Whereas it is appropriate initially to establish 
Community rules for those genera and species of 
ornamental plant which are of major economic 
importance in the Community, with a Community 
procedure for adding further genera and species later; 
Whereas it is not appropriate to apply the Community 
rules to propagating material and ornamental plants 
shown to be intended for export to third countries, as 
the rules applicable there may be different from those 
contained in this Regulation; 
Whereas the determination of plant health and quality 
standards for each genus and species of ornamental plant 
requires lengthy and detailed technical and scientific 
consideration; whereas a procedure should accordingly 
be established for the determination of these; 
0) OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20. 
(2) OJ No L 212, 22. 7. 1989, p. 106. 
(3) OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2326/66. 
(4) OJ No L 151, 17. 6. 1988, p. 82. 
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Whereas requirements should be imposed on suppliers 
with a view to proper production and conservation, and 
adequate monitoring by Member States, of propagating 
material and ornamental plants; 
Whereas, in principle, propagating material and 
ornamental plants should be marketed only if they have 
been found by official examination to meet stringent 
plant health and quality standards; 
Whereas, although it would be desirable to restrict 
marketing of propagating material and ornamental plants 
to those meeting the abovementioned standards, this is at 
present impossible as Community demand could not then 
be satisfied; whereas, therefore, for transitional periods 
only, the marketing of examined classified material 
having sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity and 
meeting less stringent plant health standards should be 
allowed; 
Whereas, so that Community producers can take 
advantage of good varieties produced by systematic plant 
selection work, Member States should, as far as prac­
ticable, compile national catalogues of the varieties of 
ornamental plant officially accepted for certification, 
examination as classified plants and marketing in their 
territory; whereas there should be provision for 
harmonizing conditions of official acceptance and for 
the possible establishment of a common catalogue of 
varieties of ornamental plant species; 
Whereas, in order to ensure the identity and orderly 
marketing of propagating material and ornamental 
plants, Community rules must be laid down concerning 
separation of lots, packing, sealing and marking; 
whereas the labels should give the particulars needed 
both for official control and for the information of the 
grower; 
Whereas rules should be established permitting, in the 
case of temporary supply difficulties, the marketing of 
propagating material and ornamental plants subject to 
requirements less stringent than those contained in this 
Regulation; 
Whereas as a first step towards harmonized conditions, 
Member States should be prohibited from imposing new 
conditions or marketing restrictions on propagating 
material or ornamental plants, other than those provided 
for in this Regulation; 
Whereas provision should be made for authorizing the 
marketing within the Community of propagating 
material and ornamental plants produced in third 
countries, provided always that they afford the same 
assurances as propagating material and ornamental 
plants produced in the Community and complying with 
Community rules; Whereas, in order to harmonize technical methods of 
examination used in the Member States, and to compare 
propagating material and ornamental plants produced in 
the Community with those produced in third countries, 
comparative trials should be carried out to check 
compliance of propagating material and ornamental 
plants with the requirements of this Regulation; 
Whereas, in order to facilitate the effective operation of 
this Regulation, the Commission should be entrusted 
with the task of adopting measures for its implemen­
tation and for the amendment of its Annexes; whereas 
such measures should be adopted by a procedure 
involving close cooperation between the Commission and 
the Member States within the Standing Committee on 
Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, Horti­
culture and Forestry, established by Council Decision 
66/399/EEC (*) and the Standing Committee on Plant 
Health, established by Council Decision 
76/894/EEC (2), 
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: 
Article 1 
1. This Regulation applies to ornamental plant propa­
gating material and ornamental plants intended for 
ornamental purposes, marketed within the Community. 
Seeds of genera or species listed both in Article 1 (2) of 
this Regulation and in Article 2 (1) of Directive 
66/404/EEC shall be subject to the provisions of this 
Regulation only to the extent that Member States have 
provided for derogations pursuant to Article 4 (2) (c) of 
Directive 66/404/EEC. 
2. The following genera and species shall be subject to 
the rules laid down in Articles 3 to 13, 14 (2), 15 to 19 
and 23: 
— Acerpseudoplatanus L. (sycamore), 
— Begonia x biemalis Fotsch (Elatior begonia), 
— Chrysanthemum L. (chrysanthemum), 
— Dianthus L. (carnation), 
— Fraxinus excelsior L. (ash), 
— Lilium L. (lily), 
— Pelargonium peltatum hort. non (L.) L'Herit. ex Ait, 
and hybrids, 
— Pelargonium zonale hort. non (L.) L'Herit. ex Ait, and 
hybrids, 
(') OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2289/66. 
O OJ No L 340, 9. 12. 1976, p. 25. 
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— Pinus nigra Arnold, 
— Populus L. (poplar), 
— Thuja occidentalis L. (white cedar). 
Rootstocks of other genera or species shall also be 
subject to the abovementioned rules if material of one of 
the above genera or species is grafted onto them. 
3. Amendments to the list of genera and species in 
paragraph 2 shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 20. 
Article 2 
This Regulation shall not apply to ornamental plant 
propagating material or ornamental plants shown to be 
intended for export to third countries. 
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following defi­
nitions shall apply: 
(a) Propagating material: seeds of ornamental plants and 
any ornamental plant material, other than 
ornamental plants, which reproduces the plants vege-
tatively. 
(b) Ornamental plants: plants which, or, in the case of 
grafted plants, the elements of which, were raised 
directly from seeds or from vegetative reproduction 
material, and which are intended to be planted or 
replanted after marketing, for ornamental purposes. 
(c) Nuclear stock: propagating material 
(i) which has been produced under the responsi­
bility of the breeder according to accepted 
practices for the maintenance of the variety and 
of health; 
(ii) which is intended for the production of propa­
gating stock; 
(iii) which satisfies the conditions for nuclear stock, 
laid down in the Schedule for the genus or 
species concerned, established pursuant to 
Article 4, and 
(iv) which has been found by official examination to 
satisfy the abovementioned conditions. 
(d) Propagating stock: propagating material 
(i) which has been obtained directly from nuclear 
stock or is descended vegetatively in a known 
number of stages from nuclear stock; 
(ii) which is intended for the production of propa­
gating stock or ornamental plants; (iii) which satisfies the conditions for propagating 
stock, laid down in the Schedule for the genus 
or species concerned established pursuant to 
Article 4, and 
(iv) which has been found by official examination to 
satisfy the abovementioned conditions. 
(e) Certified plants: ornamental plants 
(i) which have been obtained directly from propa­
gating stock; 
(ii) which satisfy the conditions for certified plants 
laid down in the Schedule for the genus or 
species concerned, established pursuant to 
Article 4, and 
(iii) which have been found by official examination 
to satisfy the abovementioned conditions. 
(f) Supplier: any natural or legal person who transfers 
ownership of propagating material or ornamental 
plants, including producers and traders. 
(g) Measures are 'official' if taken 
(i) by State authorities, or 
(ii) by any legal person whether governed by public 
or by private law, acting under the responsibility 
of the State, or 
(iii) in the case of ancillary activities which are also 
subject to State control, by any natural person 
duly authorized for that purpose, 
provided that the persons mentioned under points (ii) 
and (iii) have no personal interest in the outcome of 
such measures. 
Article 4 
1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 20, a Schedule shall be established for each genus 
or species referred to in Article 1 (2), containing the 
conditions with which nuclear stock, propagating stock, 
certified plants and, for as long as their marketing is 
permitted pursuant to Article 7, classified plants must 
comply, in particular those relating to harmful 
organisms, to the growing crop and to varietal identity 
and varietal purity. 
The Schedule may contain conditions with which root-
stocks of other genera or species must comply if material 
of the genus or species concerned is grafted onto them. 
2. Rules for carrying out the official examinations 
referred to in Article 3 (c) (iv), 3 (d) (iv), 3 (3) (iii) and 7 
(1) (c), including sampling methods may be established 
in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
21. 
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Article 5 
1. Suppliers of propagating material and ornamental 
plants shall comply with the requirements laid down in 
Annex I. 
2. Member States shall ensure compliance with the 
requirements referred to in paragraph 1 by carrying out 
official check inspections. 
Article 6 
1. Propagating material shall not be placed on the 
market 
— unless it satisfies the relevant conditions laid down in 
the Schedule for the genus or species concerned 
established pursuant to Article 4, 
— unless it has been officially certified as 'nuclear stock' 
or 'propagating stock', and 
2. Subject to Article 7, ornamental plants shall not be 
placed on the market 
— unless they satisfy the relevant conditions laid down 
in the Schedule for the genus or species concerned 
established pursuant to Article 4, and 
— unless they have been officially certified as 'certified 
plants'. 
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to 
(a) propagating material of an earlier stage of multipli­
cation than nuclear stock; 
(b) propagating material or ornamental plants intended 
for tests or for scientific purposes; 
(c) propagating material or ornamental plants intended 
for selection work. 
Article 7 
1. Notwithstanding Article 6 and for transitional 
periods expiring on dates to be established in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 20, ornamental 
plants may be placed on the market as 'classified plants'. 
Such plants shall 
(a) have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity; 
(b) be free from the harmful organisms listed for 
classified plants in the Schedule to be established for 
the genus or species concerned pursuant to Article 4 
and satisfy any other conditions laid down for 
classified plants therein, and 
(c) have been found by official examination, including, 
where appropriate, inspection during the growing 
season, to satisfy the abovementioned conditions. 2. The dates referred to in paragraph 1 shall be no 
longer than 10 years after the dates decided for the 
relevant genus or species pursuant to Article 24 (2). 
Article 8 
Member States may 
(a) dispense with official certification of propagating 
material or ornamental plants and with official 
examination of classified plants of any genus or 
species not normally grown in their territory; 
(b) during a transitional period of not more than five 
years after the date of application for a particular 
genus or species of Articles 5 to 9, 11, 12, 14 (2), 15, 
17, 18 and 23, treat propagating material of that 
genus or species which has been used, before that 
date, for establishing propagating nurseries, as equi­
valent to propagating material certified in 
accordance with the provisions of this Regulation if, 
before being used, it afforded the same assurances as 
propagating material certified in accordance with 
those provisions. 
Article 9 
1. Propagating material and ornamental plants shall 
not be certified in any of the categories referred to in 
Article 6 (1) or 6 (2), examined as classified plants, or 
marketed unless their variety is officially accepted in one 
or more Member States. Member States shall notify the 
other Member States and the Commission of the 
conditions of acceptance and the acceptance procedures. 
2. Each Member State shall establish one or more 
catalogues of the varieties officially accepted for certifi­
cation, examination as classified plants and marketing in 
its territory. Any person may consult the catalogues. 
3. Member States shall ensure that varieties coming 
from other Member States are subject to the same 
requirements as regards official acceptance as domestic 
varieties. 
4. When lodging an application for official acceptance 
of a variety, applicants shall indicate whether acceptance 
has already been applied for in another Member State, 
which Member State was concerned, and whether the 
application was granted. 
5. Member States shall arrange for official publication 
of the catalogue of varieties accepted in their territory. 
They shall also compile a file on each variety accepted, 
containing a description of the variety and a clear 
summary of all the facts on which acceptance was based. 
6. Any application or withdrawal of an application for 
acceptance of a variety, any entry in a catalogue of 
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varieties and any amendment to an entry shall be notified 
forthwith to the other Member States and the 
Commission. 
7. The following may be established in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 21, account 
being taken of current scientific and technical 
knowledge: 
(a) the conditions of official acceptance, which may 
include, in particular, distinctness, stability and 
sufficient uniformity; 
(b) the characteristics to be covered as a minimum by 
the examination of the various species; 
(c) the minimum requirements for carrying out the 
examinations; 
(d) the maximum period of validity of the official 
acceptance of a variety. 
8. A common catalogue of varieties of ornamental 
species may be established on the basis of the national 
catalogues of the Member States. Provisions regarding 
the compilation and publication of the common 
catalogue may be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 21. 
Article 10 
Derogations for certain genera or species from some or 
all of the provisions of Article 9 (1) to 6, may be decided 
in accordance with the procedure of Article 21, at the 
time of adoption of the corresponding Schedule pursuant 
to Article 4. 
Article 11 
1. While growing and during lifting or removal from 
the parent material, packaging, storage and trans­
portation, propagating material and ornamental plants 
shall be kept in separate lots. 
2. Member States shall ensure compliance with the 
requirements referred to in paragraph 1 by carrying out 
official check inspections. 
Article 12 
1. Propagating material and ornamental plants shall 
be marketed only in sufficiently homogeneous lots and in 
packages or bundles sealed and marked as prescribed in 
paragraphs 2 and 3. Ornamental plants shall be marked 
individually. 
2. Packages and bundles of propagating material and 
ornamental plants shall be sealed officially or under 
official supervision so that where the package or bundle 
is opened the seal is damaged and cannot be re-attached. 
3. The person responsible for sealing shall affix on the 
outside of the package or bundle of propagating material 
or on individual ornamental plants a label attesting 
compliance with the condition laid down in Article 3 (c) (iv), (d) (iv), (e) (iii) or 7 (1) (c), as the case may be. The 
label shall be in one of the official languages of the 
Community and shall satisfy the conditions laid down in 
Annex II. The label shall be attached at the same time as 
the seal. The colour of the label shall be white for 
nuclear stock, blue for propagating stock, orange for 
certified plants and brown for classified plants. 
4. Member States shall ensure compliance with the 
requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 by 
carrying out official check inspections before the propa­
gating material or ornamental plants are placed on the 
market. 
5. Small quantities of propagating material or 
ornamental plants delivered to a final grower in the same 
local administrative area as the supplier or in an 
adjoining local administrative area shall be exempt from 
the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3. 
Article 13 
Rules may be adopted in accordance with the procedure 
laid down in Article 20 concerning the marketing of 
propagating material and ornamental plants subject to 
requirements less stringent than those of this Regulation, 
in case of temporary difficulties in the supply of propa­
gating material or ornamental plants satisfying the said 
requirements. 
Article 14 
1. Subject to Article 15, Member States shall not 
impose on propagating material or ornamental plants of 
any genus or species any conditions or marketing 
restrictions additional to or more stringent than those 
existing on the day of entry into force of this Regulation 
other than those provided for herein. 
2. Propagating material and ornamental plants which 
comply with the requirements and conditions of this 
Regulation and the rules adopted for its implementation 
shall be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards 
supplier's obligations, variety, characteristics, plant 
health, growing medium, packaging, examination 
arrangements, marking or sealing other than those laid 
down in this Regulation or in the said rules. 
Article 15 
Member States may impose: 
— requirements additional to, or more stringent than, 
those laid down in Annex I on suppliers established 
in their own territory, and 
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— conditions additional to, or more stringent than, 
those laid down in the Schedules established pursuant 
to Article 4 on propagating material and ornamental 
plants produced in their own territory. 
Article 16 
1. In accordance with the procedure laid down in 
Article 20 it shall be determined whether propagating 
material and ornamental plants produced in a third 
country, and affording the same assurance as regards 
supplier's obligations, variety, characteristics, plant 
health, growing medium, packaging, examination 
arrangements, marking and sealing, are equivalent in 
these respects to propagating material and ornamental 
plants produced in the Community and complying with 
the requirements and conditions of this Regulation. 
2. Until a decision has been taken under paragraph 1, 
Member States may take such decisions themselves, 
subject always to the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC. 
This right shall expire on 1 January 1993. 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
20, this period may be extended for third countries if 
and for as long as the available information does not 
permit a determination under paragraph 1. 
Propagating material and ornamental plants imported by 
a Member State in accordance with a decision taken by 
that Member State pursuant to the first sub-paragraph 
shall be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards 
the matters referred to in paragraph 1 in other Member 
States. 
Article 17 
Member States shall ensure that propagating material 
and ornamental plants are officially controlled during 
marketing, at least by check sampling, to verify 
compliance with the requirements and conditions of this 
Regulation. Official controls shall not be carried out at 
borders between Member States. 
Article 18 
1. If, during the official examinations referred to in 
Article 3 or 7 (1) (c), the official control referred to in 
Article 17 or the trials referred to in Article 19, it is 
repeatedly found that propagating material or 
ornamental plants marketed by a particular supplier do 
not comply with the requirements and conditions of this 
Regulation, the Member State concerned shall ensure 
that for a specified period the supplier is forbidden to 
market propagating material or ornamental plants. 2. Any measures taken under paragraph 1 shall be 
withdrawn as soon as it has been established with 
adequate certainty that the propagating material or 
ornamental plants intended for marketing by the supplier 
will, in future, comply with the said requirements and 
conditions. 
Article 19 
1. Trials, including tests, where appropriate, shall be 
carried out in the Member States on samples to check 
the compliance of propagating material and ornamental 
plants with the requirements and conditions of this 
Regulation, including those relating to plant health. The 
Commission may organize inspections of the trials by 
representatives of the Member States and of the 
Commission. 
2. Community trials, including tests, may also be 
carried out for the same purpose. The Commission may 
organize inspections of Community trials by represen­
tatives of the Member States and of the Commission. 
3. The trials referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall, 
during a first stage, be used to harmonize technical 
methods of examination of propagating material and 
ornamental plants. As soon as this aim is achieved annual 
progress reports shall be made on the trials and sent in 
confidence to the Member States and to the 
Commission. 
4. The Commission shall ensure that, in appropriate 
cases, arrangements for coordinating, carrying out and 
inspecting the trials referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, 
and assessing their results, are made within the Joint 
Standing Committee referred to in Article 20. If 
necessary, specific arrangements shall be adopted in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21. 
Propagating material and ornamental plants produced in 
third countries may be included in the trials. 
Article 20 
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be 
followed, the Commission shall be assisted by the 
Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material 
for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, and the 
Standing Committee on Plant Health, both hereafter 
called 'the Joint Standing Committee', chaired by a 
representative of the Commission. 
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the 
Joint Standing Committee a draft of the measures to be 
taken. The Joint Standing Committee shall deliver its 
opinion on the draft within a time limit which the 
chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the 
matter. The opinion shall be delivered by the majority 
laid down in Article 148 (2) of the Treaty in the case of 
decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a 
proposal from the Commission. The votes of the rep­
resentatives of the Member States within the Joint 
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Standing Committee shall be weighted in the manner set 
out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote. 
The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply 
immediately. However, if these measures are not in 
accordance with the opinion of the Joint Standing 
Committee, they shall be communicated by the 
Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the 
Commission may defer application of the measures 
which it has decided for a period of not more than one 
month from the date of such communication. 
The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a 
different decision within the time limit referred to in the 
previous paragraph. 
Article 21 
Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be 
followed, the Commission shall be assisted by the Joint 
Standing Committee referred to in Article 20, acting as 
committee of an advisory nature and chaired by a 
representative of the Commission. 
The representative of the Commission shall submit to the 
Joint Standing Committee a draft of the measures to be 
taken. The Joint Standing Committee shall deliver its 
opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the 
chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the 
matter, if necessary by taking a vote. 
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in 
addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask 
to have its position recorded in the minutes. 
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the 
opinion delivered by the Joint Standing Committee. It 
shall inform the Joint Standing Committee of the manner 
in which its opinion has been taken into account. Article 22 
1. Amendments to the Schedules established pursuant 
to Article 4 shall be adopted in accordance with the 
procedure laid down in Article 20. 
2. Amendments to the Annexes and detailed rules for 
the application of the provisions of this Regulation shall 
be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down 
in Article 21. 
Article 23 
1. Member States shall ensure, subject to Article 8 (a), 
that propagating material and ornamental plants 
produced in their territory and intended to be placed on 
the market are officially certified, or passed as classified 
plants, if they comply with the relevant requirements of 
this Regulation. 
2. If it is found upon official examination that propa­
gating material or ornamental plants cannot, by reason 
of non-compliance with a condition relating to plant 
health, be officially certified or passed as classified 
plants, the Member States concerned shall take appro­
priate official measures to eliminate any consequent plant 
health risk. 
Article 24 
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its 
publication in the Official Journal of the European 
Communities. 
In respect of Articles 5 to 9, 11, 12, 14 (2), 15, 17, 18 
and 23, the date of application for each genus or species 
referred to in Article 1 (2) shall be decided in accordance 
with the procedure laid down in Article 20 at the time of 
adoption of the corresponding Schedule pursuant to 
Article 4. These dates shall not be later than 1 January 
1993. 
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and 
directly applicable in all Member States. 
ANNEX I 
REQUIREMENTS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY SUPPLIERS 
1. Suppliers shall notify Member States of the date their activities will begin and of the date they end. 
2. Conditions on suppliers' premises shall be conducive to the proper production and conservation of 
propagating material and ornamental plants. 
3. Suppliers shall permit the examinations referred to in Articles 3 and 7, including the taking of samples, 
and the inspections referred to in Articles 5 (2), 11 (2) and 12 (4). 
4. Suppliers shall keep records of propagating material and ornamental plants showing: 
^ ^ ^0 C^^c^i]ourn^ofLn^Euror^^nC^ornrnunrL^^ ^o^E^B^ 
— foranyac^uisitions, thedate, theamount, thereferencenumbersof thelotsandthenameof the 
supplier, 
— for propagating material, the species andBor variety, in the case of seed, and in other ^ases the 
species or variety of the rootstockandBor scion,andBorcuttmg,where appropriate, 
— forornamentalplants, thegenusandBorspeciesandBorvanety,andthespeciesandBorvarietyof 
any rootsto^k,where appropriate, 
— for sales ^cept sales of small quantities delivered toafmal grower in the same local administrative 
area as the supplier or in an adjoining local administrative area^ the date,the amount, the reference 
number of the lots and the name of the purchaser 
Suppliers shall keepadetailed plan of the premises on which propagating material or ornamental plants 
are grown, showing thelocationofeachgenus andspecies, andofeachvanetyofaspecies, where 
appropriate 
Suppliers shall keep records of 
— specific treatments and methods of cultivation of propagating material and ornamental plants, 
— allo^urren^esof theharmfulorganismsreferredtomSchedules forthegeneraorspe^iesestab 
lished pursuant to ^rti^le^t,and all measures taken in consequence 
The records referred to in point ^ shall always be available for inspection by Member States, those 
referred to in pomts^and^for at least two years 
ANNEX II 
LABEL 
A Required information 
(a) Seeds 
1 'EEC rules and standards' 
2 Certifying authority (Official body and Member State or their initials) 
3 Month and year of sealing 
4 Label number 
5 Reference number of lot 
6 Species, indicated at least in Roman letters 
7 Variety, indicated at least in Roman letters, where appropriate 
8 Category 
9 Declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds 
10 Where weight is indicated and granulated pesticides, pelleting substances or other solid 
additives are used, the nature of the additive and also the approximate ratio between the weight 
of pure seeds and total weight 
(b) Propagating material, other than seeds, and ornamental plants, other than classified plants 
1 'EEC rules and standards' 
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3. Year of certification, indicated by a letter of the alphabet 
4. Label number 
5. Reference number of the lot 
6. In the case of rootstocks, scions and cuttings: species and/or variety as appropriate, indicated at 
least in Roman letters 
7. In the case of ornamental plants, genus and/or species and/or variety as appropriate, and the 
species and/or variety, as appropriate, of any rootstock, indicated at least in Roman letters 
8. Category 
9. Number of plants or parts of plants. 
(c) Classified plants 
1. 'EEC rules and standards' 
2. Examining authority (Official body and Member State or their initials) 
3. Year of examination, indicated by a letter of the alphabet 
4. Label number 
5. Reference number of the lot 
6. Genus and/or species and/or variety, as appropriate, and the species and/or variety, as appro­
priate, of any rootstock, indicated at least in Roman letters 
7. 'Classified plant' 
8. Number of plants. 
B. Minimum dimensions of label 
30 mm X 170 mm.