PART 2 N.I.Marketing of Plant Material

Marketing of plant materialN.I.

5.—(1) Plant material may only be marketed if—

(a)the plant material meets the requirements in paragraph (2); and

(b)it is marketed by a supplier registered in accordance with regulation 11.

(2) The requirements are—

(a)the plant material must be certified plant material or CAC material;

(b)except in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, the plant material must be of a variety that may be marketed in accordance with regulation 7 and be marketed with a reference to the variety to which the plant material belongs in accordance with regulation 8;

(c)in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, the plant material must be marketed by reference to the species or interspecific hybrid concerned;

(d)in the case of certified plant material, the plant material must be labelled, sealed and packaged in accordance with regulation 10; and

(e)in the case of CAC material, the plant material must be accompanied by a supplier's document.

[F1(3) The Department may authorise the marketing of plant material from any country outside the [F2United Kingdom] if satisfied that the plant material has been produced under conditions equivalent to the requirements in these Regulations for plant material.]

[F3(5) No person may market in Northern Ireland plant material produced in a member State.

(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply to plant material which meets the conditions set out in paragraph (7);

(7) The conditions are that the plant material—

(a)is of a variety that may be marketed under regulation 7 or has been registered as a variety by the responsible authority in a member State in accordance with Article 4 of Directive 2014/97/EU;

(b)has been produced in compliance with the requirements set out in Directives 2008/90/EC, 2014/98/EU and 2014/96/EU; and

(c)has been imported into Northern Ireland before the end of the period of two years beginning with the day after the day on which exit day falls.]

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