Commission Directive 93/64/EEC (repealed)Show full title

Article 3

As far as the identification of critical points in the production process referred to in the first indent of Article 5 (2) of Directive 92/34/EEC and the keeping of records referred to in the fourth indent of Article 5 (2) thereof are concerned, the responsible official body shall supervise and monitor the supplier to ensure that the supplier:

(a)

continues to take into account the following critical points, where appropriate:

• the quality of propagating material and fruit plants utilized to start the production process,

• the sowing, pricking-out, potting-up, and planting of propagating material and fruit plants,

• compliance with the conditions laid down in Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Council Directive 77/93/EEC(1),

• the cultivation plan and method,

• general crop care,

• the multiplication operations,

• the harvesting operations,

• hygiene,

• treatments,

• packaging,

• storage,

• transport,

• administration;

(b)

keeps records, with a view to having complete information available for the said responsible official bodies, on:

(i)

plants or other objects:

• purchased for storage or planting on the premises,

• under production,

  or

• dispatched to others;

  and

(ii)

any chemical treatments which have been applied to the plants, and that he keeps related documents for at least one year;

(c)

is available personally or designates another person technically experienced in plant production and related plant-health matters, to liaise with the said responsible official bodies;

(d)

carries out visual inspections as necessary and at appropriate times in a manner accepted by the said responsible official bodies;

(e)

allows access by persons entitled to act for the said responsible official bodies, in particular for inspection and/or sampling purposes, and allows access to the records and related documents referred to in point (b);

(f)

otherwise cooperates with the said responsible official bodies.

(1)

OJ No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.