Commission Directive 2010/60/EUDangos y teitl llawn

Article 4 Authorisation

1. Member States may authorise preservation mixtures for marketing in their region of origin provided those mixtures fulfil the requirements in Article 5 in the case of directly harvested preservation mixtures or the requirements in Article 6 in the case of crop-grown preservation mixtures.

2. The authorisation shall include the following:

(a) name and address of the producer;

(b) harvesting method: whether directly harvested or crop-grown;

(c) percentage by weight of the components as species and, where relevant, subspecies;

(d) in the case of crop-grown preservation mixtures, a specific germination rate for components of the mixture covered by Directive 66/401/EEC which do not comply with the germination requirements set out in Annex II to that Directive;

(e) quantity of the mixture to which the authorisation is to apply;

(f) region of origin;

(g) restriction to marketing in the region of origin;

(h) source area;

(i) collection site, and in the case of a crop-grown preservation mixture, in addition, the multiplication site;

(j) habitat type of the collection site; and

(k) year of collection.

3. As regards paragraph 2(c), for directly harvested preservation mixtures it shall suffice to give those components as species and, where relevant, subspecies which are typical for the habitat type of the collection site and which are, as components of the mixture, of importance for the preservation of the natural environment in the context of the conservation of genetic resources.