Article 15Requirements for the certification of basic material
1.Propagating material, other than basic mother plants and other than rootstocks not belonging to a variety, shall, on request, be officially certified as basic material if it fulfils the requirements of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4.
2.The propagating material shall be propagated from a basic mother plant.
A basic mother plant shall fulfil one of the following requirements:
(a)be grown from pre-basic material; or
(b)be produced by multiplication from a basic mother plant in accordance with Article 19.
3.The propagating material shall fulfil the requirements set out in Article 7, Article 8(6) and Article 12.
4.The propagating material shall fulfil the additional requirements concerning:
(a)health, as set out in Article 16;
(b)soil, as set out in Article 17;
(c)maintenance of basic mother plants and basic material as set out in Article 18; and
(d)specific conditions for propagation, as set out in Article 19.
5.A rootstock not belonging to a variety, shall, on request, be officially certified as basic material if it is true to the description of its species, it fulfils the requirements set out in Article 8(2) and (6), and the additional requirements of Articles 12, 16, 17, 18 and 19.
6.For the purpose of this Section, any reference in the provisions referred to in paragraphs 3 and 5 to pre-basic mother plants shall be construed as reference to basic mother plants, and any reference to pre-basic material shall be construed as reference to basic material.
7.Where a basic mother plant or basic material no longer fulfils the requirements of Article 7, Article 8(2) and (6) and Articles 12, 16 and 17 the supplier shall remove it from the vicinity of other basic mother plants and basic material. That removed mother plant or material may be used as certified or CAC material provided that it fulfils the requirements set out in this Directive for the respective categories.
Instead of removing that mother plant or that material, the supplier may take appropriate measures in order to ensure that that mother plant or that material complies with those requirements again.
8.Where a rootstock not belonging to a variety is a basic mother plant or basic material that no longer fulfils the requirements of Article 8(2) and (6) and Articles 12, 16 and 17, the supplier shall remove it from the vicinity of other basic mother plants and basic material. That removed rootstock may be used as certified or CAC material provided that it fulfils the requirements set out in this Directive concerning the respective categories.
Instead of removing that rootstock, the supplier may take appropriate measures in order to ensure that that rootstock complies with those requirements again.