S.L. 433.15 Art. 14Identity of propagation material.

(1) The National Certification Service shall ensure that the identity of the propagation material is preserved, from the time of its lifting, or its removal from the parent vines until its delivery to the final consumer, by a system of official controls laid down by the National Certification Service. The Service shall make suitable arrangements for propagation material to be officially controlled during marketing, at least by check sampling, as regards its compliance with the requirements of these regulations.

(2) Without prejudice to the free movement of material within the European Union, all the necessary measures shall be taken to ensure that the competent authorities are supplied with the following particulars during the marketing of propagation material imported from a third country:

(a) species (botanical name);

(b) variety and, where applicable, clone; in the case of rooted grafts, such information shall apply both to the rootstock and to the top-graft cutting;

(c) category;

(d) nature of propagation material;

(e) country of production and official control authority;

(f) country of despatch, if different from the country of production;

(g) importer; and

(h) quantity of material. The manner in which these particulars are to be presented may be determined by the National Certification Service in accordance with the procedures established by the European Union.