The Seeds and Vegetable Plant Material (Nomenclature Changes) (Wales) Regulations 2014

Amendment of the Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995

3.—(1) The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995(1) are amended in relation to Wales as follows.

(2) In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a) Omit the definition of “Directive 92/33/EEC”;

(b) After the definition of “Directive 93/61/EEC”, insert—

““Directive 2008/72/EC” means Council Directive 2008/72/EC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed;”

(3) In regulation 3(1) (Plant material to which these Regulations apply), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a) plant material of the genera and species set out in Annex II as amended from time to time, to Directive 2008/72/EC and their hybrids; and

(b) rootstocks and other parts of plants of other genera or species and their hybrids if plant material of a genus or species set out in Annex II, as amended from time to time, to Directive 2008/72/EC or of a hybrid of such a genus or species is or is to be grafted on to them.”.

(4) In regulation 5(d) (Quality requirements for plant material), for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii) it belongs to a variety officially accepted in a member State in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2008/72/EC; and”.

(1)

S.I. 1995/2652, amended by S.I. 2007/2190 (W.174), Regulation 2(2) and 2(3); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.