Directive 93/61/EEC is amended as follows:
Article 3 is replaced by the following:
The vegetable propagating and planting material shall, at least on visual inspection, be found at the place of production to be practically free from all pests listed in the Annex, with regard to the respective propagating and planting material.
The presence of regulated non-quarantine pests (RNQPs) on vegetable propagating and planting material that is marketed shall, at least upon visual inspection, not exceed the respective thresholds set out in the Annex.
The vegetable propagating and planting material shall upon visual inspection be found to be practically free from any pests, other than the pests listed in the Annex with regard to the respective propagating and planting material, which reduce the usefulness and quality of the vegetable propagating and planting material.
The vegetable propagating and planting material shall also comply with the requirements concerning Union quarantine pests, protected zone quarantine pests and regulated non-quarantine pests provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016/2031(1) and in the implementing acts adopted pursuant to that Regulation, including with the measures adopted pursuant to Article 30(1) of that Regulation.’;
the Annex is replaced by the text set out in Annex V to this Directive.
Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament of the Council of 26 October 2016 on protective measures against pests of plants, amending Regulations (EU) No 228/2013, (EU) No 652/2014 and (EU) No 1143/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 69/464/EEC, 74/647/EEC, 93/85/EEC, 98/57/EC, 2000/29/EC, 2006/91/EC and 2007/33/EC (OJ L 317, 23.11.2016, p. 4).’;