CELEX: 51989PC0649
Language: en
Date: 1990-02-06
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) ON THE MARKETING OF YOUNG PLANTS AND PROPAGATING MATERIAL OTHER THAN SEEDS, OF VEGETABLES

No C 46/4                               Official Journal of the European Communities                                 27. 2. 90
                                                                II
                                                        (Preparatory Acts)
                                                  COMMISSION
               Proposal for a Council Regulation (EEC) on the marketing of young plants and propagating
                                             material other than seeds, of vegetables
                                                      (COM(89) 649 final)
                                     (Submitted by the Commission on 21 December 1989)
                                                          (90/C 46/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                            Whereas, so far as they relate to plant health, such
                                                                    harmonized conditions must be coherent with the
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European               provisions of Council Directive 77/93/EEC of 21
Economic Community, and in particular Article 43                    December 1976 on protective measures against the intro-
thereof,                                                            duction into the Member States of organisms harmful to
                                                                    plants or plant products ('), as last amended by Directive
                                                                    89/439/EEC( 2 );
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard        to  the   opinion    of  the   European        Whereas young plants raised directly from vegetable seed
Parliament,                                                         constitute at present the major part of the market in
                                                                    young vegetable plants and propagating material of
                                                                    vegetables (other than seeds) in the Community; whereas
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
                                                                    it is therefore appropriate that the Community rules
Social Committee,
                                                                    should apply initially to such young plants and that they
                                                                    should be extended subsequently to other young plants
Whereas the production of vegetables occupies an                    and to propagating material, as knowledge of, and trade
important place in the agriculture of the Community;                in them develops; whereas, for the same reason, these
                                                                    Community rules should apply initially to vegetable
Whereas a significant part of this production is raised             species for which there is a market in young plants raised
from young vegetable plants purchased for planting or               directly from seed;
replanting, or from propagating material of vegetables
other than seeds;
                                                                    Whereas it is not appropriate to apply the Community
                                                                    rules to young plants and propagating material shown to
Whereas satisfactory results in the cultivation of                  be intended for export to third countries as the rules
vegetables by this method depend to a large extent on               applicable there may be different from those contained in
the quality and health of the young plants or propa-                this Regulation;
gating material used; whereas certain Member States
have in consequence introduced rules intended to
guarantee the quality and health of young plants and                Whereas obligations should be imposed on suppliers with
propagating material placed on the market;                          a view to proper production and conservation, and
                                                                    adequate monitoring by Member States, of young plants
Whereas the different treatment accorded to young                   and propagating material;
plants and propagating material in different Member
States is likely to create barriers to trade and thus hinder
the free movement of these goods within the                         Whereas, as a first step towards harmonized conditions,
Community; whereas, with a view to achieving the                    Member States should be prohibited from imposing new
Single Market, these barriers should be removed, by                 conditions or marketing restrictions on young plants or
setting up Community provisions to replace those laid               propagating material, other than those provided for in
down by the Member States;                                          this Regulation;
Whereas the establishment of harmonized conditions at
Community level will ensure that purchasers throughout
the Community receive young plants and propagating                  (') OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.
material which are healthy and of good quality;                     (2) OJ No L 212, 22. 7. 1989, p. 106.
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  Whereas young plants and propagating material should             HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
  be marketed only if they have been found by official
  examination to satisfy certain plant health conditions and
                                                                                              Article 1
  if they also satisfy certain quality conditions, these
  quality conditions being subject, however, to official          This Regulation applies to:
  examination only by check inspections;
                                                                   (a) young plants raised directly from seed,
  Whereas, in order to guarantee, for the benefit of               (b) other young plants,
  purchasers, orderly marketing of young plants and
  propagating material, they should be marketed only in                and
  homogeneous lots;
                                                                  (c) propagating material,
  Whereas, in order to attest their plant health status and       of vegetables, marketed within the Community.
  to ensure their identity, young plants and propagating
  material should generally be accompanied, when                                             Article 2
  marketed, by an official plant health statement made
  following the official examination referred to above, and       This Regulation shall not apply to young plants or
  by a supplier's document containing specified descriptive       propagating material shown to be intended for export to
  information;                                                    third countries.
                                                                                             Article 3
  Whereas provision should be made for authorizing the
  marketing within the Community of young plants and              For the purposes of this Regulation:
  propagating material produced in third countries,
  provided always that they afford the same assurances as         (a) (i) 'Vegetables' means plants of vegetable species
 young plants and propagating material produced in the                     grown in agricultural or horticultural production
  Community and complying with Community rules;                            but not for ornamental uses.
                                                                           The following vegetable species shall come under
 Whereas rules should be established permitting, in the                    the rules laid down in Articles 3, 4, 6, to 15 and
 case of temporary supply difficulties, the marketing of                   18 of this Regulation:
 young plants and propagating material subject to                          — Allium porrum L.           Leek
 requirements less stringent than those contained in this
 Regulation;                                                               — Apium graveolens L.         Celery/Celeriac
                                                                           — Beta vulgaris L. var.
                                                                               vulgaris                 Spinach beet, chard
 Whereas, in order to harmonize the various technical
                                                                           — Beta vulgaris L. var.
 methods of examination used in the Member States, and
                                                                               conditiva Alef.          Red beet or beetroot
 to compare young plants and propagating material
 produced in the Community with those produced in                          — Brassica oleracea L.
 third countries, Community comparative tests should be                       convar.       acephala
 carried out to permit post-control of young plants and                       (DC.) Alef. var.
 propagating material;                                                        sabellica L.              Curly kale
                                                                          — Brassica oleracea L.
                                                                              convar. botrytis (L.)
 Whereas, in order to facilitate the effective operation of                   Alef. var. botrytis L.     Cauliflower
 this Regulation, the Commission should be entrusted                       — Brassica oleracea L.
 with the task of adopting measures for its implemen-                         convar. botrytis (L.)
 tation and for the adaptation of its Annexes; whereas
                                                                              Alef. var. cymosa
 such measures should be adopted by a procedure
                                                                              Duch.                     Sprouting broccoli or
 involving close cooperation between the Commission and
                                                                                                        Calabrese
the Member States within the Standing Committee on
Seeds and Propagating Material in Agriculture, Horti-                     — Brassica oleracea L.
culture and Forestry, established by Council Decision                         convar. oleracea var.
66/399/EEC ('), and the Standing Committee on Plant                           gemmifera DC.             Brussels sprouts
Health established by Council Decision 76/894/EEC (2),                    — Brassica oleracea L.
                                                                              convar. capitata (L.)
                                                                              Alef. var. sabauda L.     Savo y cabbage
                                                                          — Brassica oleracea L.
(') OJ No 125, 11. 7. 1966, p. 2289/66.                                       convar. capitata (L.)
(2) OJ No L 340, 9. 12. 1976, p. 25.                                          Alef. var. alba DC.       Cabbage
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             Brassica oleracea L.                                (d) Measures are 'official* if taken:
             convar. capitata (L.)
             Alef. var. rubra DC.   Red cabbage                         (i) by State authorities,
             Brassica oleracea L.                                           or
             convar.      acephala                                     (ii) by any legal person whether governed by public
             (DC.) Alef. var.                                               or by private law, acting under the responsibility
             gongylodes             Kohlrabi                                of the State,
              Capsicum      annuum
             L.                     Pepper/Ch ili/
                                    Capsicum                          (iii) in the case of ancillary activities which are also
                                                                            under State control, by any natural person duly
              Cucumis melo L.       Melon                                   authorized for that purpose,
              Cucumis sativus L.    Cucumber, gherkin                 provided that the persons mentioned under points
                                                                      (ii) and (iii) have no personal interest in the outcome
              Cucurbita     maxima                                    of such measures.
             Duchesne               Gourd
              Cucurbita pepo L.     Marrow                                                  Article 4
              Lactuca sativa L.     Lettuce                      1.     Suppliers of young plants and propagating material
                                                                shall comply with the requirements laid down in Annex I.
              Lycopersicon
              lycopersicum (L.)                                  2.     Member States shall ensure compliance with the
             Karsten ex Farw.       Tomato                       requirements referred to in paragraph 1 by carrying out
                                                                 official check inspections.
              Solatium melongena
             L.                     Aubergine or
                                    eggplant                                                Article 5
                                                                 1.     Subject to Article 12, Member States shall not
    (ii) Amendments to the list of species in point (i)          impose on young plants or propagating material of any
         shall be adopted in accordance with the                vegetable species any conditions or marketing restrictions
         procedure laid down in Article 19.                      additional to or more stringent than those existing on the
                                                                 day of entry into force of this Regulation, other than
                                                                 those provided for herein.
(b) (i) 'Young plants' means plants which, or, in the
         case of grafted plants, the elements of which,          2.     In accordance with the procedure laid down in
         were raised directly from seeds or from vege-          Article 19, derogations from paragraph 1 may be auth-
         tative reproduction material, and which are             orized in respect of young plants other than those raised
         intended to be planted or replanted after               directly from seed, and propagating material. Such dero-
         marketing, mainly for the production of                 gations shall expire at the latest on 31 December 1992.
         vegetables.
                                                                                            Article 6
    (ii) 'Propagating material' means any other material         1.     Young plants and propagating material placed on
         of vegetables which reproduces the plants vege-         the market shall comply with the conditions laid down in
         tatively; the types of material shall be specified     Annex II, Part A.
         and defined in accordance with the procedure
         laid down in Article 20.                                2.     Member States shall ensure compliance with the
                                                                 conditions referred to in paragraph 1 by carrying out
(c) (i) In relation to young plants raised directly from         official inspections in accordance with Annex II, Part B.
         seed, 'lot' means a number of such plants               Official inspections shall not be carried out at borders
         prepared together for marketing which:                  between Member States.
         — were raised from seed of the same seed lot,           3.     If young plants or propagating material are found
                                                                 not to comply with the conditions laid down in Annex II,
         — were raised from seed sown at one time, and           Part A, point 3, Member States shall take appropriate
                                                                 official measures to eliminate any consequent plant
         — have been grown under the same conditions.
                                                                 health risk.
    (ii) In relation to other young plants and to propa-         4.     Rules for carrying out the inspections referred to in
         gating material, 'lot' shall be defined in              paragraph 2, including sampling methods, may be estab-
         accordance with the procedure laid down in              lished in accordance with the procedure laid down in
         Article 20.                                             Article 20.
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                          Article 7                              market young plants or propagating material, as the case
                                                                 may be.
Young plants and propagating material may be marketed
only in lots, which are kept separate and which are suffi-
                                                                 2.     Any measures taken under paragraph 1 shall be
ciently homogeneous in all respects, including vigour and
                                                                 withdrawn as soon as it has been established with
size, account being taken of the particularities of the
                                                                 adequate certainty that the young plants or propagating
species concerned.                                               material intended for marketing by the supplier will, in
                                                                 future, comply with the said requirements and
                                                                 conditions.
                          Article 8
                                                                                           Article 12
 1.    Subject to paragraph 2, lots of young plants and
propagating material may be marketed only if accom-              Member States may impose:
panied by an official plant health statement satisfying the
conditions laid down in Annex III and a document made            — requirements additional to, or more stringent than,
out by the supplier which contains the information                    those laid down in Annex I on suppliers established
specified in Annex IV. If the official statement appears              in their own territory, and
on the supplier's document, it shall be clearly separated
from all other contents of the document. The official            — conditions additional to, or more stringent than,
statement and the supplier's document shall be in one of              those laid down in Annex II, Part A, on young plants
the official languages of the Community.                              and propagating material produced in their own
                                                                     territory.
                                                                                           Article 13
2.     The official statement or information referred to in
paragraph 1 is not required for small quantities delivered       1.     In accordance with the procedure laid down in
to a final grower in the same local administrative area as       Article 19 it shall be determined whether young plants
the supplier or in an adjoining local administrative area.       and propagating material produced in a third country,
                                                                 and affording the same assurance as regards supplier's
                                                                 obligations, characteristics, plant health, growing
                                                                 medium, packaging, the arrangements for their exam-
                          Article 9                              ination, for ensuring identity and for control, and the
                                                                 information which accompanies them, are equivalent in
Young plants and propagation material which comply               these respects to young plants and propagating material
with the requirements and conditions of this Regulation          produced in the Community and complying with the
and the rules adopted for its implementation shall be            provisions of this Regulation.
subject to no marketing restrictions as regards supplier's
obligations, characteristics, plant health, growing
                                                                 2.     Until a decision has been taken under paragraph 1,
medium, packaging, the arrangements for their exam-
                                                                 Member States may take such decisions themselves,
ination, for ensuring identity or for control, or the infor-
                                                                 subject to the provisions of Directive 77/93/EEC. This
mation which accompanies them, other than those laid
                                                                 right shall expire on 1 January 1993.
down in this Regulation or in the said rules.
                                                                 In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
                                                                 19, this period may be extended for third countries if
                                                                 and for as long as the available information does not
                          Article 10                             permit a determination under paragraph 1.
Member States shall ensure that young plants and     propa-
                                                                 Young plants and propagating material imported by a
gating material are officially          controlled   during
                                                                 Member State in accordance with a decision taken by
marketing, at least by check sampling, to              verify
                                                                 that Member State pursuant to the first sub-paragraph
compliance with the requirements and conditions      of this
                                                                 shall be subject to no marketing restrictions as regards
Regulation. Official controls shall not be carried    out at
                                                                 the matters referred to in paragraph 1 in other Member
borders between Member States.
                                                                 States.
                                                                                           Article 14
                          Article 11
                                                                 Rules may be adopted in accordance with the procedure
 1.    If, during the official inspections referred to in        laid down in Article 19 concerning the marketing of
Article 6 (2) or the official control referred to in Article     young plants and propagating material subject to
 10, it is repeatedly found that young plants or propa-          requirements or conditions less stringent than those of
gating material marketed by a particular supplier does           this Regulation, in case of temporary difficulties in the
not comply with the requirements and conditions of this          supply of young plants and propagating material
Regulation, the Member State concerned may ensure                satisfying the requirements and conditions of this Regu-
that for a specified period the supplier is forbidden to         lation. Such rules shall not, however, derogate from the
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conditions laid down in Annex II, Part A, points 3 (a)           marketed in their territory, except to the extent that this
and 3 (b).                                                       would conflict with the provisions laid down in Article 9.
                         Article 15
                                                                                           Article 19
1.     Community comparative tests shall be carried out
within the Community for the post-control of young               Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be
plants and propagating material taken during check               followed, the Commission shall be assisted by the
sampling. Young plants and propagating material                  Standing Committee on Seeds and Propagating Material
produced in third countries may be included in the               for Agriculture, Horticulture and Forestry, and the
comparative tests. The Commission shall organize                  Standing Committee on Plant Health, both hereafter
inspections of the comparative tests by representatives of       called 'the Joint Standing Committee', chaired by the
the Member States and the Commission.                            representative of the Commission.
2.     These comparative tests shall, during a first stage,
be used to harmonize technical methods of examination.           The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
As soon as this aim is achieved, progress reports shall be       Joint Standing Committee a draft of the measures to be
                                                                 taken. The Joint Standing Committee shall deliver its
made on the comparative tests and sent in confidence to
                                                                  opinion on the draft within a time limit which the
the Member States and the Commission.
                                                                  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
3.     The Commission shall ensure that arrangements for
                                                                  decisions which the Council is required to adopt on a
carrying out the comparative tests and assessing their
                                                                 proposal from the Commission. The votes of the repre-
results are made within the Joint Standing Committee
                                                                  sentatives of the Member States within the Joint
referred to in Article 19. If necessary, specific
                                                                  Standing Committee shall be weighted in the manner set
arrangements for carrying out comparative tests shall be
                                                                  out in that Article. The chairman shall not vote.
adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 20.
                                                                 The Commission shall adopt measures which shall apply
                         Article 16                               immediately. However, if these measures are not in
                                                                  accordance with the opinion of the Joint Standing
Amendments to the content of the Annexes to be made:
                                                                  Committee, they shall be communicated by the
                                                                  Commission to the Council forthwith. In that event, the
— in view of the application of this Regulation to young          Commission may defer application of the measures
     plants other than those raised directly from seed, and      which it has decided for a period of not more than one
     to propagating material, or                                  month from the date of such communication.
— in the light of the development of scientific or
     technical knowledge                                         The Council, acting by a qualified majority, may take a
                                                                  different decision within the time limit referred to in the
                                                                  previous paragraph.
shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid
down in Article 19, in the case of Annex II, and in
accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20,
 in the case of Annexes I, HI and IV.                                                      Article 20
                                                                  Where the procedure laid down in this Article is to be
                          Article 17                              followed, the Commission shall be assisted by the Joint
                                                                  Standing Committee referred to in Article 19, acting as
Detailed rules for the application of the provisions of this      committee of an advisory nature and chaired by the
Regulation may be adopted in accordance with the                  representative of the Commission.
procedure laid down in Article 20.
                          Article 18                              The representative of the Commission shall submit to the
                                                                  Joint Standing Committee a draft of the measures to be
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article             taken. The Joint Standing Committee shall deliver its
20, Member States may upon request be wholly or                   opinion on the draft, within a time limit which the
partially released from the obligation to apply this Regu-        chairman may lay down according to the urgency of the
lation to species which are not normally produced or              matter, if necessary by taking a vote.
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The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in               Articles 4 and 6 to 12 shall apply:
addition, each Member State shall have the right to ask
to have its position recorded in the minutes.
                                                               — in so far as they relate to young plants raised directly
The Commission shall take the utmost account of the                from seed, from 1 January 1992, and
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.              — in so far as they relate to other young plants, and to
                                                                   propagating material, from 1 January 1993.
                         Article 21
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its
publication in the Official Journal of the European            This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and
Communities.                                                   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.
              Conditions on suppliers' premises shall be conducive to the proper production and conservation of
           2.
              young plants and propagating material.
              Suppliers shall permit the inspections referred to in Article 4 (2) and Annex II, Part B, points 1 and 3
           3.
              and the taking of samples for the official post-control referred to in Annex I, Part B, point 2.
              Suppliers shall keep records of young plants and propagating material showing:
           4.
              — for any acquisitions, the date, the amount, the reference numbers of the lots and the name of the
                  supplier,
              — for young plants raised directly from seed, the reference number of the seed lot and the date of
                  sowing, and
              — 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
                  numbers of the lots and the name of the purchaser.
           5. Suppliers shall keep records of:
              — specific treatments and methods of cultivation of young plants and propagating material,
              — all occurrences of the harmful organisms referred to in Annex II, Part A, point 3 and all measures
                  taken in consequence.
              The records referred to in points 4 and 5 shall be available for inspection by Member States for at least
              one year.
                                                                ANNEX   II
                                                                 PART A
              CONDITIONS T O BE SATISFIED BY YOUNG PLANTS AND PROPAGATING MATERIAL
           1. Young plants raised directly from seed shall be produced directly from seed of one of the categories
              defined in Council Directive 70/458/EEC.
           2. Young plants and propagating material shall have sufficient varietal identity and varietal purity.
           3. (a) The following harmful organisms shall not be present on any of the vegetable species listed in
                   Article 2 (a) (i):
                      (i) Live organisms of the animal kingdom, at all stages of their development:
                          Bemisia tabaci (Genn.)
                          Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)
                          Heterodera pallida (Stone)
                          Heterodera rostochiensis (Woll.)
                          Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)
                          Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess).
                    (ii) Fungi:
                          Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.) Perc.
                   (iii) Viruses and virus-like pathogens:
                          Tomato spotted wilt virus
                          Tomato ring spot vims.
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          (b) The harmful organisms listed in column 1 below shall not be present on the vegetable species listed
                against them in column 2.
                                    Harmful organism                              Subject of contamination
                                            1                                                 2
                 (i) Live organisms of the animal kingdom at
                      all stages of their development:
                      Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kiihn)                      Allium porrum
                (")   Bacteria:
                      Corynebacterium michiganense (E F. Sm.)
                      Jensen                                           Lycopersicon lycopersicum
                      Pseudomonas solanacearum (E. F. Sm.)             Lycopersicon lycopersicum
                      Jensen                                           Solanum melongena
                      Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria
                      (Doidge) Dye                                     Lycopersicon lycopersicum
              (iii) Fungi:
                       Urocystis cepula (Frost)                        Allium porrum
              (iv) Viruses and virus-like pathogens
                      Beet curly top virus
                      Beet leaf curl virus                             Beta vulgaris
                      Beet necrotic yellow vein virus
                      Potato spindle tuber viroid                      Lycopersicon lycopersicum
                      Stolbur pathogen                                 Capsicum annuum
                                                                       Lycopersicon lycopersicum
                                                                       Solanum melongena
                      Tomato yellow leaf curl virus                    Lycopersicon lycopersicum
          (c) The presence of the harmful organisms listed in column 1 below on the vegetable species listed
               against them in column 2 shall not exceed the tolerance specified in column 3. Tolerances are
               expressed as the percentage of young plants in a lot which are detected upon visual examination to
               be affected by the harmful organism concerned.
                                  Harmful organism                    Subject of Contamination          Tolerance (%)
                                                                                                               3
                (i) Live organisms of the animal kingdom,
                     at all stages of their development:
                     Pieris brassica (L.)                        Brassica spp.                               0,2
                     Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks)           Capsicum annuum                             0,2
               (ii) Bacteria:
                     Xanthomonas campestris pv.                  Brassica spp.                               0,2
                     campestris (Pammel) Dowson
             (iii) Fungi:
                     Bremia lactuca (Regel)                      Lactuca sativa                              0,2
                     Didymella lycopersici (Kleb)                Lycopersicon lycopersicum                   0,2
                     Fusarium oxysporum                          Lycopersicon lycopersicum                   0,2
                     (Schlecht) f. sp. lycopersici
                     Leptosphaeria maculans (Desm.)              Brassica spp.                               0,2
                     Plasmodiophora brassica: (Wor.)             Brassica spp.                               0,2
                     Pseudoperonospora cubensis                  Cucumis spp.                                0,2
                     (Berk, and Curt.) Rostovz                   Cucurbita spp.                              0,2
                     Sclerotium cepivorum (Berk.)                Allium porrum                               0,2
                     Septoria apiicola (Speg.)                   Apium graveolens                            0,2
                     Verticillium albo-atrum                     Lycopersicon lycopersicum                   0,2
                    (Reinke and Berth.)
                     Verticillium dahlia (Kleb.)                 Lycopersicon lycopersicum                   0,2
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                                  Harmful organism                              Subject of Contamination    Tolerance (%)
                  (iv) Viruses and virus-like pathogens:
                       Cucumber mosaic virus                             Cucumis spp.                             0,2
                                                                         Cucurbita spp.                           0,2
                                                                         Lycopersicon lycopersicum                0,2
                       Lettuce mosaic virus                              Lactuca sativa                           0,2
                       Tobacco mosaic virus                              Capsicum annuum                          0,2
                                                                         Lycopersicon lycopersicum                0,2
                                                                         Solarium melongena                       0,2
            4. Young plants and propagating material shall have a satisfactory external quality. In particular, they
               shall:
               — have normal vegetation and a normal root system;
               — be free from mechanical or physiological damage which could affect reestablishment or later growth;
               — be sufficiently tugescent to ensure viability and effective growth.
            5. The growing medium attached to or associated with young plants and propagating material shall
               comply with conditions to be established in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 20.
               Until these conditions are established Member States may maintain, for young plants and propagating
               material produced, planted or replanted in their own territory, their own provisions regarding growing
               medium.
            6. Packaging used for young plants and propagating material shall be hygienic and sound. Re-usable
               packaging shall have been cleaned by appropriate methods before re-use.
                                                                  PARTB
                                          M E T H O D S OF ENSURING COMPLIANCE
            1. The satisfaction of conditions 1, 4, 5 and 6 of Part A shall be examined by official check inspection.
            2. The satisfaction of condition 2 shall be examined in official post-control by check inspection.
            3. The satisfaction of condition 3 shall be examined by official inspection of the young plants and propa-
               gating material during production or storage on the premises of a supplier.
                                                                 ANNEX      III
                                           OFFICIAL PLANT HEALTH STATEMENT
            1. The statement shall be made by representatives of the official body which carried out the inspection
               referred to in Annex II, Part B, point 3 or, under their responsibility, by other public servants.
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           2. The statement shall contain the following information:
               (a) 'plant health inspected under Regulation (EC) No .. .';
               (b) official body and Member State or their initials;
               (c) name and address of supplier or his identification mark;
               (d) date of inspection of the lot;
               (e) reference number of the lot inspected;
               (f) species, indicated at least in Roman characters;
               (g) variety, indicated at least in Roman characters;
               (h) number of plants or parts of plants in the lot inspected.
                                                                 ANNEX      IV
                                 INFORMATION REQUIRED O N SUPPLIER'S D O C U M E N T
           1. 'EEC rules and standards'.
          2. Name and address of supplier or his identification mark.
          3. Species, indicated at least in Roman characters.
          4. Variety, indicated at least in Roman characters.
          5. Reference number of the seed lot, in the case of young plants raised directly from seed.
          6. Date of sowing, in the case of young plants raised directly from seed.
          7. Reference number of the lot. This shall be the reference number of the producer's lot, where the
              supplier is the producer, and a reference number enabling the producer's lot to be identified, in other
              cases.
          8. Country of production.
          9. Number of plants or parts of plants.