1.If, during the supervision and monitoring provided for in Article 6(4), the official inspection provided for in Article 17, or the trials provided for in Article 20, it is found that vegetable propagating and planting material does not meet the requirements of this Directive, the responsible official body of the Member State shall take appropriate action to ensure that it does comply with the provisions of this Directive or, if that is not possible, to ban the marketing of that vegetable propagating and planting material in the Community.
2.If it is found that vegetable propagating and planting material marketed by a particular supplier does not comply with the requirements and conditions of this Directive, the Member State concerned shall ensure that appropriate measures are taken against that supplier. If the supplier is forbidden to market vegetable propagating and planting material, the Member State shall notify the Commission and the competent national authorities in the Member States.
3.Any measures taken under paragraph 2 shall be withdrawn as soon as it has been established with adequate certainty that the vegetable propagating and planting material intended for marketing by the supplier will, in future, comply with the requirements and conditions of this Directive.