S.L. 433.8 чл. 2003

Where products derived from fruit trees or propagation material are intended to be used as, or in, food falling within the scope of Article 3 or as in a feed falling within the scope of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the variety concerned shall be officially registered only if the food or feed derived from this material has been authorised pursuant to that Regulation.

(5) The requirements for the official registration referred to in sub-regulation (4) are provided in Schedule III, taking into account current scientific and technical knowledge and covering:

(a) the conditions of official registration, which may include in particular, distinctness, stability and sufficient uniformity;

(b) the characteristics which, as a minimum, the examinations of the various species must cover;

(c) the minimum requirements for carrying out the examinations;

(d) the maximum period of validity of the official registration of a variety.

(6) Rules on the system for the notification of varieties or species or interspecific hybrids to the responsible official bodies of the Member States and on a common list of varieties are provided in Schedule III.