Article 13U.K.Requirements concerning multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plants
1.The supplier may multiply or renew a pre-basic mother plant accepted in accordance with Article 5(1).
2.The supplier may propagate a pre-basic mother plant to produce pre-basic material.
3.Multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plants shall take place in accordance with the protocols referred to in paragraph 4.
4.Member States shall apply protocols concerning multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plants. Member States shall apply protocols of EPPO, or other protocols which are internationally recognised. Where such protocols do not exist, Member States shall apply relevant protocols established at national level. In that case, Member States shall, on request, make available those protocols to the other Member States and to the Commission.
The protocols referred to in subparagraph 1 of this paragraph shall have been tested on the relevant genera or species for a period of time considered appropriate for those genera or species. That period of time shall be considered appropriate when it allows phenotype validation of the plants as regards the trueness to the description of the variety based on the observation of the fruit production or of the vegetative development of rootstocks.
5.The supplier may only renew the pre-basic mother plant before the end of the period referred to in Article 8(6).