Health requirements: certified mother plants and materialE+W
22.—[F1(1) A certified mother plant or certified material must be found to be free from any RNQP listed in Annex 1 or 2 to Directive 2014/98/EU in relation to the genus or species concerned, subject to the requirements of Annex 4 to that Directive specified in relation to the genus or species concerned, and category.
(2) An inspector and, where appropriate, the supplier must sample and test the certified mother plant or certified material—
(a)in cases of doubt as to the presence of any RNQP listed in Annex 1 to Directive 2014/98/EU, for such pests;
(b)for the RNQPs listed in Annex 2 to Directive 2014/98/EU, subject to the requirements of Annex 4 to that Directive specified in relation to the genus or species concerned, and category.]
(3) But sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) do not apply to certified mother plants or certified material during cryopreservation.
(4) An inspector and, where appropriate, a supplier, establishes compliance with [F2sub-paragraph (1) by visual inspection].
(5) Visual inspections and sampling and testing must be conducted in accordance with Annex IV to Directive 2014/98/EU, as regards the genus or species concerned and, in the case of sampling and testing, also in accordance with the appropriate protocol.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 5 para. 22(1)(2) substituted (29.8.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/833), regs. 1, 6(7)(i)(i)
F2Words in Sch. 5 para. 22(4) substituted (29.8.2020) by The Marketing of Seed, Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/833), regs. 1, 6(7)(i)(ii)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 5 para. 22 in force at 19.6.2017, see reg. 1(1)