# Council Directive of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (68/193/EEC), Article 11

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

1. The Member States shall ensure that the identity of the propagation material is preserved, from the time of its lifting, or its removal from the parent vines until its delivery to the final consumer, by a system of official controls laid down or approved by them. They shall make suitable arrangements for propagation material to be officially controlled during marketing, at least by check sampling, as regards its compliance with the requirements of this Directive.
2. Without prejudice to the free movement of material within the Community, Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the competent authorities are supplied with the following particulars during the marketing of propagating material imported from a third country:
(a) species (botanical name);
(b) variety and, where applicable, clone; in the case of rooted grafts, such information shall apply both to the rootstock and to the top-graft cutting;
(c) category;
(d) nature of propagating material:
(e) country of production and official control authority;
(f) country of despatch, if different from the country of production;
(g) importer;
(h) quantity of material.
The manner in which these particulars are to be presented may be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17(2).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1968/193/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1968-193/article-11
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