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Council Directive 2008/72/EC of 15 July 2008 on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed (Text with EEA relevance) (Codified version)
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1.Without prejudice to Article 2, vegetable propagating and planting material which belongs to genera or species listed in Annex II and is also covered by Directive 2002/55/EC shall not be marketed within the Community unless it belongs to a variety accepted in accordance with that Directive.
2.Without prejudice to Article 2 and paragraph 3 of this Article, vegetable propagating and planting material which belongs to genera or species listed in Annex II but which is not covered by Directive 2002/55/EC shall not be marketed within the Community unless it belongs to a variety officially accepted in at least one Member State.
The provisions laid down in Articles 4 and 5 and Article 9(3) of Directive 2002/55/EC shall apply to the conditions for acceptance.
Article 3(2) and (4), Articles 6, 7, 8, 9(1), (2) and (4) and Articles 10 to 15 of that Directive shall apply mutatis mutandis to the procedures and formalities for acceptance and maintenance production.
The results of unofficial tests and practical information gathered in the course of growing may be taken into consideration in each instance.
3.Varieties officially accepted in accordance with paragraph 2 shall be entered in the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Vegetable Species referred to in Article 17 of Directive 2002/55/EC. Articles 16(2), 17, 18 and 19 of that Directive shall apply mutatis mutandis.
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