Requirements concerning multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plantsE+W
13.—(1) A supplier may multiply or renew a pre-basic mother plant accepted in accordance with paragraph 5.
(2) A supplier may propagate a pre-basic mother plant to produce pre-basic material.
(3) Multiplication, renewal and propagation (including micropropagation) of pre-basic mother plants must take place in accordance with the appropriate protocol.
(4) In the case of micropropagation, the appropriate protocol must have been tested on the relevant genus or species for a period of time considered sufficient to allow phenotype validation of the plants as regards the trueness to the description of the variety based on the observation of the fruit production or of the vegetative development of rootstocks.
(5) A supplier may only renew a pre-basic mother plant before the end of the period referred to in paragraph 8(3)(b).
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 13 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)