# Council Directive of 9 April 1968 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (68/193/EEC), Article 5d

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

1. The Member States shall provide that acceptance of varieties be based on the results of official examinations, particularly growing trials, covering a sufficient number of characters for the variety to be described. The methods used for determining characters must be exact and reliable.
2. The following shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17(2) , account being taken of current scientific and technological knowledge:
(a) the characters to be covered as a minimum by the examinations,
(b) the minimum requirements for carrying out the examinations.
3. If it is known that propagation material of a given variety is marketed in another country under a different name, that name shall also be indicated in the catalogue.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1968/193/article/5d (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1968-193/article-5d
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