S.L. 433.8 Art. 23CAC material (1) shall be of material; or with 24. be established That plant are the to in right; (2) regularly variety in the 25. (1). the facilities, the pests listed unless stated The material or requirements category. In case of supplier shall CAC material CAC production, listed in The requireme

(1) In the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) it is true to the description of its species;

(b) it complies with the health requirements of point 25;

(c) it complies with point 26 concerning defects.

(2) The actions to comply with the requirements of paragraph carried out by the supplier.

(3) In case CAC material no longer complies with the requirements paragraph (1) the supplier shall carry out one of the following actions:

(a) remove that material, from the vicinity of other CAC

(b) take appropriate measures to ensure that that material complies those requirements again.

Trueness to the description of the variety

(1) The trueness of CAC material to the description of its variety shall by the observation of the expression of the characteristics of the variety. observation shall be based on one of the following elements:

(a) the official description for registered varieties, as referred to in Implementing Directive 2014/97/EU and for varieties legally protected by a variety right; or

(b) the description accompanying the application for varieties which subject of an application for registration in any Member State, as referred Implementing Directive 2014/97/EU;

(c) the description accompanying the application for a plant variety

(d) the officially recognised description of a variety as referred to in sub-regulation (2)(c)(iii) of regulation 6 of these regulations.

The trueness of the CAC material to the description of its variety, shall be verified through the observation of the expression of the characteristics of the CAC material concerned.

Health requirements for CAC material

CAC material shall, by visual inspection carried out by the supplier in fields and lots at the stage of production, be found practically free from in Schedules A and B, as regards the genus or species concerned, otherwise in Schedule D.

supplier shall carry out sampling and testing of the identified source of CAC material for the RNQPs listed in Schedule B, and subject to the of Schedule D, with regard to the genus or species concerned and doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Schedule A, the carry out sampling and testing of the identified source of material or concerned.

propagating material and CAC fruit plants in lots, after the stage of shall only be marketed if found free from signs or symptoms of the pests Schedules A and B, upon visual inspection carried out by the supplier. supplier shall carry out the measures to ensure compliance with the of paragraph (1) pursuant to Schedule D, with regard to the genus or concerned and category. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to: CAC material during cryopreservation; CAC material where that material has been produced in areas known to, or established to, be free from the relevant pests in accordance with the relevant international standards for phytosanitary measures (Requirements establishment of pest free areas. ISPM No 4 (1995), Rome, 2017)..

Requirements concerning defects