# Council Directive of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (68/193/EEC), Division 2: Sampling and testing shall not be carried out when the official control authority concludes on the basis of an official inspection that the soil is free from any pests which may host the viruses listed in Section 7.

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

Sampling and testing shall also not be carried out where vines have not been grown in the soil of production for a period of at least five years and where there is no doubt concerning the absence in that soil of the pests which may host the viruses listed in Section 7.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1968/193/annex/I/section/3/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1968-193/annex-I/section-3/division-2
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