# Commission Directive 93/62/EEC of 5 July 1993 setting out the implementing measures concerning the supervision and monitoring of suppliers and establishments pursuant to Council Directive 92/33/EEC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed, Article 3

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

As far as the identification of critical points in the production process referred to in the first indent of Article 5 (2) of Directive 92/33/EEC and the keeping of records referred to in the fourth indent of Article 5 (2) thereof are concerned, the responsible official body shall supervise and monitor the supplier to ensure that the supplier:
(a) continues to take into account the following critical points, where appropriate:
the quality of the vegetable propagating and planting material utilized to start the production process;
the sowing, pricking-out, potting-up, and planting of vegetable propagating and planting material,
compliance with the conditions laid down in Articles 3, 4 and 5 of Council Directive 77/93/EEC,
the cultivation plan and method,
general crop care,
the multiplication operations,
the harvesting operations,
hygiene,
treatments,
packaging,
storage,
transport,
administration;
(b) keeps records, with a view to having complete information available for the said responsible official bodies, on:
(i) plants or other objects:
purchased for storage or planting on the premises,
under production,
or
dispatched to others;
and
(ii) any chemical treatments which have been applied to the plants, and that he keeps related documents for at least one year;
(c) is available personally or designates another person technically experienced in plant production and related plant-health matters, to liaise with the said responsible official bodies;
(d) carries out visual inspections as necessary and at appropriate times in a manner accepted by the said responsible official bodies;
(e) allows access by persons entitled to act for the said responsible official bodies, in particular for inspection and/or sampling purposes, and allows access to the records and related documents referred to in point (b);
(f) otherwise cooperates with the said responsible official bodies.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1993/62/article/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1993-62/article-3
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