S.L. 433.8 чл. 7Specific requirements for suppliers.

(1) (a) The responsible official body shall ensure that suppliers are officially registered in relation to the activities which they carry out under these regulations.

(b) Malta may decide not to apply paragraph (a) to suppliers marketing only to non-professional final consumers.

(2) It shall be ensured that pre-basic, basic, certified material as well as CAC material is produced under the responsibility of suppliers that are engaged in the production or reproduction of propagation material and fruit trees. To this effect, those suppliers shall:

(a) identify and monitor critical points in their production process which influence the quality of the material;

(b) keep information on the monitoring referred to in paragraph (a) hereof available for examination when requested by the responsible official body;

(c) take samples where necessary for analysis in a laboratory; and

(d) ensure that, during production, lots of propagating material remain separately identifiable.

(3) It shall be ensured that in the case of the appearance, on the premises of a supplier, of a harmful organism listed in the Annexes to Council Directive 2000/29/EC as transposed in the Plant

Quarantine (Harmful Organisms) Regulations, and their amendments or referred to in the specific requirements established pursuant to regulation 5 at a level higher than the level allowed in these specific requirements, the supplier shall report such presence to the responsible official body without delays, notwithstanding any reporting obligations under Council Directive 2000/29/EC as transposed in the Plant Quarantine (Harmful Organisms) Regulations, and their amendments and carry out any measures imposed by that body.

(4) (a) Suppliers shall keep records of their sales or purchases for at least three years when propagation material or fruit trees are marketed.

(b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to suppliers who are exempted from registration in accordance with sub-regulation (1)(b).

(5) Detailed rules for the application of sub-regulation (1) are provided in Schedule III and the rules for the application of sub-regulation (2) are provided in Schedule IV.