ANNEX II

B.Conditions relating to seed produced in third countries

5.

In the case of basic seed of varieties which are exclusively maintained within the Community, the seed of the preceding generations shall have been produced within the Community.

In the case of basic seed of other varieties, the seed of the preceding generations shall have been produced under the responsibility of the persons responsible for the maintenance breeding, referred to in the common catalogue of varieties of agricultural plant species either within the Community or in a third country which has been granted, under Decision 97/788/EC10, the equivalence of checks on practices for the maintenance of varieties carried out in third countries.