S.L. 433.8 Art. 2Scope.

(1) The scope of these regulations is to make provisions to assure that any propagation material of fruit trees and fruit trees for fruit production produced in Malta or placed on the market in Malta or intended to be marketed in another Member State meet specified standards of quality.

(2) These regulations shall apply to the marketing of propagation material of fruit trees and fruit trees intended for fruit production within the European Union, of the genera and species and their hybrids listed in Schedule I and shall apply without prejudice to the plant health rules laid down by Council Directive 2000/29/EC as transposed in the Plant Quarantine (Harmful * Organisms) Regulations, 2004 and their amendments.

(3) Rootstocks and other parts of plants of other genera or species than those listed in Schedule I or their hybrids shall also be subject to these regulations if material of genera or species listed in Schedule I or their hybrids, is grafted or is to be grafted onto them.

(4) These regulations shall not apply to propagation material or fruit trees intended to be exported to third countries provided that they are identified as such and kept sufficiently isolated.

(5) These regulations transpose Council Directive 2008/90/ EC.