# Council Directive of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (68/193/EEC), Article 3

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

1. The Member States shall require that vine propagating material may not be placed on the market unless:
(a) it has been officially certified as ‘ initial propagating material ’ , ‘ basic propagating material ’ or ‘ certified propagating material ’ or, in the case of propagating material not intended for use as rootstocks, it is officially checked standard material, and
(b) it satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex II.
2. By derogation from paragraph 1, Member States may, as a transitional measure until 1 January 2005 , allow the marketing in their own territory of standard material intended for use as rootstocks and taken from parent plants in existence on 23 February 2002 .
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 1, Member States may authorise producers on their own territory to place on the market appropriate quantities of propagating material:
(a) intended for trials or for scientific purposes;
(b) for selection work;
(c) intended to help preserve genetic diversity.
The conditions under which Member States may grant such authorisation may be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17(2).
In the case of genetically modified material, such authorisation may be granted only if all appropriate measures have been taken to avoid risks to human health and the environment. For the environmental risk assessment and other checks to be carried out in this respect, Article 5ba shall apply accordingly.
4. In the case of propagating material produced by means of in vitro propagation techniques, the following provisions may be adopted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17(2):
(a) derogation from specific provisions of this Directive;
(b) conditions applicable to such propagating material;
(c) designations that may be used for such propagating material;
(d) conditions to guarantee that the varietal authenticity has first been verified.
5. The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17(3), may require that, after specified dates, propagating material other than for use as rootstocks may be placed on the market only if it has been officially certified as ‘ initial propagating material ’ , ‘ basic propagating material ’ or ‘ certified propagating material ’ :
(a) throughout the Community, in the case of certain vine varieties for which the Community's needs can be covered, taking into account their genetic diversity, if necessary under an established programme, by propagating material officially certified as ‘ initial propagating material ’ , ‘ basic propagating material ’ or ‘ certified propagating material ’ , and
(b) in the case of propagating material of varieties other than those referred to in (a), if intended for use in the territory of Member States which have already required, in accordance with this Directive, that ‘ standard material ’ may no longer be marketed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1968/193/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1968-193/article-3
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