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II 
(Preparatory Acts) 
COMMISSION 
Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the marketing of fruit plant propagating material 
and fruit plants intended for fruit production 
(COM(89) 651 final 
(Submitted by the Commission on 21 December 1989) 
(90/C 54/05) 
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 fruit occupies an important 
place in the agriculture of the Community; 
Whereas satisfactory results in the cultivation of fruit 
depend to a large extent on the quality and health of the 
material used for propagating fruit plants and of the fruit 
plants themselves; whereas certain Member States have 
in consequence introduced rules intended to guarantee 
the quality and health of propagating material and fruit 
plants placed on the market; 
Whereas the different treatment accorded to propagating 
material and fruit 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 fruit 
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 intro­duction into the Member States of organisms harmful to 
plants or plant products ('), as last amended by Directive 
89/439/EEC(2); 
Whereas it is appropriate initially to establish 
Community rules for those fruit species which are of 
major economic importance in the Community, with a 
Community procedure for adding further fruit species 
later; 
Whereas it is not appropriate to apply the Community 
rules to propagating material and fruit 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 fruit species requires lengthy and 
detailed technical and scientific consideration; whereas a 
procedure should accordingly be established for the 
determination of these; 
Whereas requirements should be imposed on suppliers 
with a view to proper production and conservation, and 
adequate monitoring by Mamber States, of propagating 
material and fruit plants; 
Whereas, in principle, propagating material and fruit 
plants should be marketed only if they have been found 
by official examination to meet stringent plant health 
and quality standards; whereas, to reflect current 
practice in the Community, propagating material and 
fruit plants should be graded, with regard to plant 
health, either as 'virus free' — free from all relevant 
viruses and virus-like pathogens — or 'virus tested' — free 
from certain serious viruses and virus-like pathogens 
capable of reducing their usefulness; 
Whereas, although it would be desirable to restrict 
marketing of propagating material and fruit plants to 
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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 fruit producers can take 
advantage of good varieties produced by systematic plant 
selection work, Member States should compile national 
catalogues of the varieties officially accepted for certifi­
cation, 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 fruit species; 
Whereas, in order to ensure the identity and orderly 
marketing of propagating material and fruit plants, 
Community rules must be laid down concerning sepa­
ration 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 fruit 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 fruit 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 fruit plants produced in third countries, 
provided always that they afford the same assurances as 
propagating material and fruit 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 fruit plants produced in the 
Community with those produced in third countries, 
comparative trials should be carried out to check 
compliance of propagating material and fruit 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 beetween the Commission 
and the Member States within the Standing Committee 
on Seeds and Propagating Material for Agriculture, 
Horticulture. 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 fruit plant propagating 
material and fruit plants intended for fruit production, 
and marketed within the Community. 
2. The following species shall be subject to the rules 
laid down in Articles 3 to 13, 14 (2), 15 to 19 and 23: 
— Citrus sinensis Osbeck. (orange), 
— Fragaria x ananassa Duch. (strawberry), 
— Malus sylvestris Mill, (apple), 
— Prunus avium L. (sweet cherry), 
— Prunus domestica L. (plum). 
— Prunus persica (L.) Batsch. (peach), and 
— Pyrus communis L. (pear). 
Rootstocks of other species shall also be subject to the 
abovementioned rules if material of one of the above 
species is grafted onto them. 
3. Amendments to the list of 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 fruit plant propa­
gating material or fruit plants shown to be intended for 
export to third countries. 
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following 
definitions shall apply: 
(a) propagating material: seeds of fruit plants and any 
fruit plant material, other than fruit plants, which 
reproduces the plants vegetatively; 
(b) fruit plants: plants which, or, in the case of grafted 
plants, the elements of which, were raised directly 
from seeds or from vegetative reproduction material, 
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and which are intended to be planted or replanted after 
marketing, for the production of fruit; 
(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 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 fruit plants, 
(iii) which satisfies the conditions for propagating 
stock, laid down in the schedule for the species 
concerned established pursuant to Article 4, and 
(iv) which has been found by official examination to 
satisfy the abovementioned conditions; 
(e) certified plants: fruit 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 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 fruit plants, 
including producers and traders; 
(g) measures are 'official' if taken 
(i) by State authorities, provided that the persons mentioned under points (ii) 
and (iii) have no personal interest in the outcome of 
such measures; 
(h) virus free ('v.f.') material: material which has been 
tested according to methods recognised by the Inter­
national Society for Horticultural Science or other 
internationally recognised scientific methods, found 
free from symptoms of any virus or virus-like 
pathogen by growing season inspection, has been 
maintained under conditions ensuring freedom from 
infection, and is considered to be free from all 
viruses and virus-like pathogens known in the species 
concerned occurring in the Community. Material 
descended vegetatively in direct line in a known 
number of stages from such material, found free 
from symptoms of any virus or virus-like pathogen 
by growing-season inspection, and produced and 
maintained under conditions ensuring freedom from 
infection shall also be considered to be virus free; 
(i) virus tested ('v.t.') material: material which has been 
tested according to methods recognised by the Inter­
national Society for Horticultural Science or other 
internationally recognised scientific methods, found 
free from symptoms of any virus or virus-like 
pathogen by growing-season inspection, has been 
maintained under conditions ensuring freedom from 
infection, and considered to be free from certain 
serious viruses and virus-like pathogens known in the 
species concerned occurring in the Community and 
capable of reducing the usefulness of the material. 
Material descended vegetatively in direct line in a 
known number of stages from such material, found 
free from symptoms of any virus or virus-like 
pathogen by growing-season inspection, and 
produced and maintained under conditions ensuring 
freedom from infection, shall also be considered to 
be virus tested. 
Article 4 
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 
20, a schedule shall be established for each species 
referred to in Article 1 (2), containing: 
(a) a list of the serious viruses and virus-like pathogens, 
known in the species concerned occurring in the 
Community and capable of reducing the usefulness 
of the material, which are referred to in Article 3 (i) 
in relation to virus tested material; 
(ii) by any legal person whether governed by public 
or by private law, acting under the responsibility 
of the State, (b) a list of all other viruses and virus-like pathogens, 
known in the species concerned occurring in the 
Community, which are referred to in Article 3 (h) in 
relation to virus free material; 
(iii) in the case of ancillary activities which are also 
subject to State control, by any natural person 
duly authorised for that purpose, (c) a list of harmful organisms from which standard 
plants must be free, for as long as their marketing is 
permitted pursuant to Article 7; 
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(d) the conditions with which nuclear stock, propagating 
stock, certified plants and classified plants must 
comply, in particular those relating to harmful 
organisms other than those listed pursuant to in 
points (a), (b) and (c), to the growing crop and to 
varietal identity and varietal purity. 
The schedule may contain conditions with which root-
stocks of other species must comply if material of the 
species concerned is grafted onto them. 
Article 5 
1. Suppliers of propagating material and fruit plants 
shall comply with the requirements laid down in 
Annex I. 
2. Member States shall ensure compliance with the 
requirements referred to in (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 species concerned established 
pursuant to Article 4, and 
— unless it has been officially certified as 'nuclear 
stock', 'propagating stock v.f.' or 'propagating stock 
v.t.'. 
2. Subject to Article 7, fruit plants shall not be placed 
on the market 
— unless they satisfy the relevant conditions laid down 
in the schedule for the species concerned established 
pursuant to Article 4, and 
— unless they have been officially certified as 'certified 
plants v.f.' or 'certified plants v.t.'. 
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 fruit plants intended for tests 
or for scientific purposes; 
(c) propagating material or fruit 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, fruit 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 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 species pursuant to the second paragraph of 
Article 24. 
Article 8 
1. The official examinations referred to in Articles 3 
(c) (iv), (d) (iv), and (e) (iii) shall include at least one 
field inspection each year, carried out during the 
growing season. 
2. Rules for carrying out the official examinations 
referred to in paragraph 1 and in Article 7 (1) (c), 
including sampling methods, may be established in 
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 21. 
Article 9 
Member States may — 
(a) dispense with official certification of propagating 
material or fruit plants and with official examination 
of classified plants of any 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 
species of Articles 5 to 12, 14 (2), 15, 17, 18 and 23, 
treat propagating material of that species which has 
been used, before that date, for establishing propa­
gating nurseries, as equivalent 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 10 
1. Propagating material and fruit plants shall not be 
certified in any of the categories referred to in Article 6 
(1) (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-
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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 
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 and, where appropriate, a satis­
factory value for cultivation and use; 
(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 fruit species 
may be established on the basis of the national cata­
logues 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 11 
1. While growing and during lifting or removal from 
the parent material, packaging, storage and trans­
portation, propagating material and fruit 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 fruit plants shall be 
marketed only in sufficiently homogeneous lots and in 
packages or bundles sealed and marked as prescribed in 
paragraphs 2 and 3. Fruit plants shall be marked indi­
vidually. 
2. Packages and bundles of propagating material and 
fruit 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 fruit plants a label attesting compliance 
with the condition laid down in Article 3 (c) (iv), (d) 
(iv), (e) (iii) or Article 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 fruit plants are placed on the market. 
5. Small quantities of propagating material or fruit 
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 fruit plants subject to 
requirements less stringent than those of this Regulation, 
in case of temporary difficulties in the supply of propa­
gating material or fruit plants satisfying the said 
requirements. 
Article 14 
1. Subject to Article 15, Member States shall not 
impose on propagating material or fruit plants of any 
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 fruit plants which comply 
with the requirements and conditions of this Regulation 
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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 
— conditions additional to, or more stringent than, 
those laid down in the schedules established pursuant 
to Article 4 on propagating material and fruit 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 fruit 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 propa­
gating material and fruit 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 fruit 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 fruit 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 Article 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 fruit 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 fruit 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 fruit 
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 fruit plants 
with the requirements and conditions of this Regulation, 
including those relating to piant 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 
fruit 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 fruit 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, Horticulure and Forestry, and the 
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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 repre­
sentatives of the Member States within the Joint 
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 9 (a), 
that propagating material and fruit 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 Regu­
lation. 
2. If it is found upon official examination that propa­
gating material or fruit 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 appropriate 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 12, 14 (2), 15, 17, 18 and 23 
the date of application for each 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. 
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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 fruit 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 fruit plants showing: 
— for any acquisitions, the date, the amount, the reference numbers of the lots and name of the 
supplier, 
— for propagating material, the species and variety, in the case of seed, and in other cases the variety 
of the rootstock and/or interstock and/or scion, and the virus status, where appropriate, 
— for fruit plants, the variety, and the variety of any rootstock and interstock, and the virus status, 
where appropriate, 
— for sales (except sales of small quantities delivered to a final 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. 
5. Suppliers shall keep a detailed plan of the premises on which propagating material or fruit plants are 
grown, showing the location of each species, and of each variety of that species, with its virus status, 
where appropriate. 
6. Suppliers shall keep records of: 
— specific treatments and methods of cultivation of propagating material and fruit plants, 
— all occurrences of the harmful organisms referred to in schedules for the species established pursuant 
to Article 4, and all measures taken in consequence. 
7. The records referred to in point 5 shall always be available for inspection by Member States, those 
referred to in points 4 and 6 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 
8. Category 
9. Declared net or gross weight or declared number of pure seeds 
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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 fruit plants, other than classified plants 
1. 'EEC rules and standards' 
2. Certifying authority (official body and Member State or their initials) 
3. Year of certification, indicated by a letter of the alphabet 
4. Label number 
5. Reference number of the lot 
6. Species, indicated at least in Roman letters 
7. In the case of rootstocks and scions: variety, indicated at least in Roman letters 
8. In the case of fruit plants, variety, and variety of any rootstock and/or interstock, indicated at 
least in Roman letters 
9. Category 
10. Virus status ('v.t.' or 'v.f.'), where appropriate 
11. 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. Species, indicated at least in Roman letters 
7. Variety, and variety of any rootstock and/or interstock, indicated at least in Roman letters 
8. 'Classified plant' 
9. Number of plants 
B. Minimum dimensions of label 
30 mm x 170 mm