# Council Decision of 16 December 2008 on the equivalence of forest reproductive material produced in third countries (2008/971/EC), Article 4: Master Certificate

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

When seed and planting stock enter the Union, the supplier importing this material shall inform the official body of that Member State in advance of the import. The official body shall issue a Master Certificate based on the official OECD Certificate of Provenance before the material is placed on the market.
The Master Certificate shall indicate that the material has been imported under an equivalence regime.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/971/article/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-971/article-4
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