Article 13U.K.Specific provisions for the marketing of plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous material
1.Plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous material may be marketed without complying with the requirements for registration and without complying with the certification categories of pre-basic, basic and certified material or with the requirements for other categories, which are set out in Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 98/56/EC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC or acts adopted pursuant to those Directives.
2.Plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous material as referred to in paragraph 1 may be marketed following a notification of the organic heterogeneous material by the supplier to the responsible official bodies referred to in Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 98/56/EC, 2002/53/EC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC, 2002/57/EC, 2008/72/EC and 2008/90/EC, made by means of a dossier containing:
(a)the contact details of the applicant;
(b)the species and denomination of the organic heterogeneous material;
(c)the description of the main agronomic and phenotypic characteristics that are common to that plant grouping, including breeding methods, any available results from tests on those characteristics, the country of production and the parental material used;
(d)a declaration by the applicant concerning the truth of the elements in points (a), (b) and (c); and
(e)a representative sample.
That notification shall be sent by registered letter, or by any other means of communication accepted by the official bodies, with confirmation of receipt requested.
Three months after the date shown on the return receipt, provided that no additional information was requested or that no formal refusal for reasons of incompleteness of the dossier or non-compliance as defined in Article 3(57) was communicated to the supplier, the responsible official body shall be deemed to have acknowledged the notification and its content.
After having expressly or implicitly acknowledged the notification, the responsible official body may proceed to the listing of the notified organic heterogeneous material. That listing shall be free of charge to the supplier.
The listing of any organic heterogeneous material shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the other Member States and to the Commission.
Such organic heterogeneous material shall fulfil the requirements laid down in the delegated acts adopted in accordance with paragraph 3.
3.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 54 supplementing this Regulation by setting out rules governing the production and marketing of plant reproductive material of organic heterogeneous material of particular genera or species, as regards:
(a)the description of the organic heterogeneous material, including the relevant breeding and production methods and parental material used;
(b)the minimum quality requirements for seeds lots, including identity, specific purity, germination rates and sanitary quality;
(c)labelling and packaging;
(d)information and samples of production to be kept by the professional operators;
(e)where applicable, maintenance of the organic heterogeneous material.