Article 3U.K.General requirements for placing on the market
1.Propagating material and fruit plants may only be marketed if:
(a)the propagating material has been officially certified as ‘pre-basic material’, ‘basic material’ or ‘certified material’ or if it meets the conditions to be qualified as CAC material;
(b)the fruit plants have been officially certified as certified material or they meet the conditions to be qualified as CAC material.
2.Propagating material and fruit plants which consist of a genetically modified organism within the meaning of points 1 and 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2001/18/EC shall be placed on the market only if the genetically modified organism has been authorised pursuant to that Directive or pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003.
3.Where products derived from fruit plants or propagating material are intended to be used as or in food falling within the scope of Article 3 or as or in a feed falling within the scope of Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1829/2003, the propagating material and fruit plants concerned shall be placed on the market only if the food or the feed derived from this material has been authorised pursuant to that Regulation.
4.Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may authorise suppliers on their own territory to place on the market appropriate quantities of propagating material and fruit plants intended:
(a)for trials or scientific purposes;
(b)for selection work; or
(c)to help preserve genetic diversity.
The conditions under which Member States may grant such authorisation may be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 19(2).