The purpose of this Decision is to lay down the rules whereby a Member State may grant an authorisation to place on the market:

1. (a)

   seed of varieties of agricultural plant species for which an application for entry in the national catalogue, provided for in Article 1(2) of Directive 2002/53/EC, has been submitted to the Member State in question, subject to compliance with Chapter II of this Decision; or

2. (b)

   seed of varieties of vegetable species for which an application for entry in a national catalogue, provided for in Article 3(3) of Directive 2002/55/EC, has been submitted in at least one Member State and for which specific technical information has been submitted, subject to compliance with Chapter III of this Decision.