SCHEDULE 2Certification requirements

PART 2Pre-basic material

Requirements concerning multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plants13

1

Subject to sub-paragraph (4), a supplier may multiply a pre-basic mother plant which has been accepted under paragraph 5.

2

Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the supplier may renew a pre-basic mother plant which—

a

has been accepted under paragraph 5; and

b

during the period described in paragraph 8(5).

3

Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the supplier may propagate a pre-basic mother plant which has been accepted under paragraph 5 to produce pre-basic material.

4

The multiplication, renewal and propagation described in sub-paragraphs (1) to (3) must be carried out in accordance with the appropriate EPPO protocol, provided that such protocol has 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.