Commission Directive 2005/43/ECShow full title

ANNEX IV MARKING

A. LABEL

 I. Required information

 1. EC Standard

 2. Country of production

 3. Authority responsible for certification or checking and Member State or their initials

 4. Name and address of the person responsible for sealing or his identification number

 5. Species

 6. Type of material

 7. Category

 8. Variety and, where appropriate, the clone. For the rooted grafts this indication applies for the rootstock and the top-graft

 9. Reference number of batch

10. Quantity

11. Length — Only for the graftable rootstock cuttings: this involves the minimum length of the cuttings of the concerned batch

12. Crop year.

 II. Minimum conditions

The label shall comply with the following requirements:

1.

the label shall be indelibly printed and clearly legible;

2.

the label shall be affixed in a conspicuous place in such a way as to be easily visible;

3.

information set out in point A.I. shall not in any way be hidden, obscured or interrupted by other written or pictorial matter;

4.

the information set out in point A.I. shall appear in the same field of vision.

III. Derogation as regards small quantities to final consumer

1. More than one unit

The required information for the label under point I.10 reads: ‘Exact number of units per package or bundle’.

2. One unit only

The following information set out in point A.I. is not required:

• type of material

• category

• reference number of batch

• quantity

• length for the graftable rootstock cuttings

• crop year.

IV. Derogations as regards vines in pots, crates or boxes

In case of plants of vine with roots in any substrate in pots, crates and boxes when the packages of such material cannot fulfil the requirements for sealing (including labelling) due to its composition:

(a)

the propagation material shall be kept in separate batches appropriately identified per variety and where relevant per clone and per number of individuals;

(b)

the official label is not compulsory;

(c)

the propagation material shall be accompanied by the accompanying document as laid down under point B.

B. ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENT

 I. Conditions to be fulfilled

When Member States require that an accompanying document should be delivered, the document:

(a)

shall be delivered in at least two copies (consignor and recipient);

(b)

shall (recipient copy) accompany the delivery from the place of the consignor to the place of recipient;

(c)

shall indicate all information set out under the following point II concerning the individual batches of the delivery;

(d)

shall be preserved for at least one year and made available to the official control authority.

II. List of information to be included

 1. EC Standard

 2. Country of production

 3. Authority responsible for certification or checking and Member State or their initials

 4. Progressive number

 5. Consignor (address, registration No)

 6. Recipient (address)

 7. Species

 8. Type(s) of the material

 9. Category(ies)

10. Variety(ies) and, where applicable, the clone(s). For the rooted grafts this indication applies for the rootstock and the top-graft

11. Number of individuals per batch

12. Total number of batches

13. Date of delivery.