CHAPTER 2

REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPAGATING MATERIAL AND, WHERE APPLICABLE, FRUIT PLANTS
SECTION 4

Requirements for CAC material

Health requirements for CAC material
Article 26
1
CAC material shall, by visual inspection carried out by the supplier in the facilities, fields and lots at the stage of production, be found practically free from the pests listed in Annexes I and II, as regards the genus or species concerned, unless stated otherwise in Annex IV.
The supplier shall carry out sampling and testing of the identified source of material or CAC material for the RNQPs listed in Annex II, and subject to the requirements of Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.
In case of doubts concerning the presence of the RNQPs listed in Annex I, the supplier shall carry out sampling and testing of the identified source of material or CAC material concerned.
CAC propagating material and CAC fruit plants in lots, after the stage of production, shall only be marketed if found free from signs or symptoms of the pests listed in Annexes I and II, upon visual inspection carried out by the supplier.
The supplier shall carry out the measures to ensure compliance with the requirements of paragraph 1 pursuant to Annex IV, with regard to the genus or species concerned and category.
2
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to CAC material during cryopreservation.
Substituted by Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2020/177 of 11 February 2020 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 68/193/EEC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC, Commission Directives 93/49/EEC and 93/61/EEC and Implementing Directives 2014/21/EU and 2014/98/EU as regards pests of plants on seeds and other plant reproductive material (Text with EEA relevance).