Regulation 3 Amendment of the Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995

(1)

The Marketing of Vegetable Plant Material Regulations 1995^f1 are amended in relation to Wales as follows.

(2)

In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

(a)

Omit the definition of “Directive 92/33/EEC”;

(b)

After the definition of “Directive 93/61/EEC”, insert—

““Directive 2008/72/EC” means Council Directive 2008/72/EC on the marketing of vegetable propagating and planting material, other than seed;”

(3)

In regulation 3(1) (Plant material to which these Regulations apply), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute—

“(a)
plant material of the genera and species set out in Annex II as amended from time to time, to Directive 2008/72/EC and their hybrids; and

(b)
rootstocks and other parts of plants of other genera or species and their hybrids if plant material of a genus or species set out in Annex II, as amended from time to time, to Directive 2008/72/EC or of a hybrid of such a genus or species is or is to be grafted on to them.”.

(4)

In regulation 5(d) (Quality requirements for plant material), for sub-paragraph (ii) substitute—

“(ii)
it belongs to a variety officially accepted in a member State in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 2008/72/EC; and”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1995/2652, amended by S.I. 2007/2190 (W.174), Regulation 2(2) and 2(3); there are other amending instruments but none is relevant to these Regulations.