Changes from plenary report to adopted text

AddedA. Sowing or planting:

Added(a) The identity of the material, including, where applicable, mother plants or seed sown, shall be determined through an official label or a label issued by the professional operator, and recorded by the professional operator to ensure its traceability. The label of the material after the marketing of that material, or the records on the mother plant, shall be kept by the professional operator.

Added(b) The material shall be planted in a way that:

Added(i) the pre-basic material is maintained in facilities that ensure freedom from infection through aerial vectors and any other possible sources throughout the production process;

Added(ii) there is sufficient distance from other plants of the same genera or species, determined on the basis of botanical characteristics and breeding techniques of each species, and as appropriate for the category of the material, to ensure protection from any undesirable foreign pollination and to avoid cross pollination with other crops; and

Added(iii) planting densities are adequate to allow plants to be observed individually.

Added(c) Where appropriate, the cultivation of material shall take place separately from the cultivation of material belonging to the same genera or species intended for food or feed purposes.

AddedB. Field cultivation:

Added(a) During all stages of cultivation, propagating and planting material shall be kept separate from each other.

Added(b) PRM satisfying the requirements for a given category shall not be mixed with material of other categories.

Added(c) Off-types and deformed or damaged plants shall be disposed of at all stages of cultivation.

Added(d) Mother plants shall be treated or excluded as a source of PRM in case of positive test results or visual symptoms of pests, in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 or defects.

Added(e) Mother plants shall be maintained in all phases of cultivation, under conditions to enable the production of PRM, and to permit their identification and verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description of their variety. In the case of mother plants not belonging to a variety, that verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description shall concern the species to which those mother plants belong.

Added(f) Mother plants shall be inspected at their relevant growth stage(s), at the relevant frequency and with the relevant methods as appropriate for the genera or species concerned.

Added(g) The sample to be drawn from a lot shall have the appropriate minimum size for determining the fulfilment of the quality requirements for the respective genera or species. The intensity, equipment and method of sampling shall be appropriate for the genera or species concerned and in accordance with the applicable international standards.

Added(h) Testing shall be carried out in accordance with the methods, equipment and growing media appropriate for the genera or species concerned, and in accordance with the applicable international standards, to ensure that the quality requirements have been fulfilled.

AddedC. Harvesting and post-harvesting for species and genera belonging to Part E of Annex I (seed potatoes):

Added(a) The material shall be harvested in bulk or as individual plants, as appropriate, to ensure its identity, health and traceability.

Added(b) A sample of tubers shall be taken from each sealed lot. The sample size and the sampling intensity, equipment and method shall be appropriate for the species concerned and in accordance with the applicable international standards.

Added(c) All tubers samples shall be subjected to laboratory testing, to ensure the fulfilment of the quality and phytosanitary requirements for the respective species. Laboratory testing shall be carried out in accordance with methods, equipment and growing media appropriate for the species concerned, and in accordance with the applicable international standards.

Added(d) All the lots belonging to the pre-basic or basic category, and at least 5 % of the lots belonging to a certified category, shall be subject to control plot-testing by the operator, under official supervision of the competent authority, to verify the compliance with:

Added(i) their varietal identity;

Added(ii) the standards of the minimum varietal purity;

Added(iii) their germination capacity;

Added(iv) the plant health requirements.

AddedLots belonging to the pre-basic, basic, or certified category shall be subject to risk-based official post-control testing to verify the compliance with the previous requirements. The samples used for the official post-control tests shall be taken officially.

AddedControl plot-testing shall be carried out in accordance with the applicable international standards.

AddedAppropriate bio-molecular methods may be utilised.

Added2. Requirements for the marketing of pre-basic, basic and certified material

AddedThe material shall fulfil all of the following requirements, depending on the characteristics of each genus or species and the category concerned:

Added(a) have minimum vigour or germination rate, defined dimension, and, where applicable, specific grading, to ensure the appropriateness of the material and sufficient homogeneity of the lot for planting;

Added(b) be practically free from specific defects.

AddedPART C

AddedREQUIREMENTS FOR THE PRODUCTION, REGISTRATION AND MARKETING OF SELECTED CLONES, MULTICLONAL MIXTURES AND POLYCLONAL PRM OF PRE-BASIC, BASIC AND CERTIFIED MATERIAL AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9(1) [Am. 268]

Added1. Requirements for the production of pre-basic, basic and certified selected clones, multiclonal mixtures and polyclonal PRM [Am. 269]

AddedA. Planting:

Added(a) The identity of the selected clone, multiclonal mixture or polyclonal PRM shall be determined through an official label or a label issued by the professional operator and recorded by the professional operator to ensure its traceability. The label of the material or the records, on the respective mother plants for the production of each selected clone and the respective genotypes for the production of the polyclonal PRM, shall be kept by the professional operator after the marketing of that PRM. [Am. 270]

Added(b) The material shall be planted in a way that:

Added(i) there is sufficient distance from other plants of the same genera or species, determined on the basis of botanical characteristics for each species and as appropriate for the category of the material, to ensure protection from any undesirable foreign pollination and to avoid cross pollination with other crops; [Am. 271]

Added(ii) planting densities are adequate to allow each plant to be observed individually.

Added(c) Where appropriate, the cultivation of material shall take place separately from the cultivation of material belonging to the same genera or species intended for food or feed purposes.

AddedB. Field cultivation:

Added(a) During all stages of cultivation, propagating and planting material shall be kept separate from each other.

Added(b) Reproductive material satisfying the requirements of a given category shall not be mixed with material of other categories.

Added(c) Off-types and deformed or damaged plants shall be disposed of at all stages of cultivation in order to ensure varietal identity and purity, or, in the case of rootstocks not belonging to a variety, trueness to the identity of the species, and efficient production.

Added(d) The respective mother plants and the respective genotypes shall be excluded as a source of PRM in case of defects. [Am. 272]

Added(e) The respective mother plants and the respective genotypes shall be maintained in all phases of cultivation, under conditions to enable the production of PRM, and to permit their identification and verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description of their variety. In the case of mother plants not belonging to a variety, that verification of compliance with the official description or the officially recognised description shall concern the species to which those mother plants belong. [Am. 273]

Added(f) Mother plants shall be inspected at their relevant growth stage(s), at the relevant frequency and with the relevant methods as appropriate for the genera or species concerned.

Added(g) The sample to be drawn from a lot shall have the appropriate minimum size for determining the fulfilment of the quality requirements for the respective genera or species. The intensity, equipment and method of sampling shall be appropriate for the genera or species concerned and in accordance with the applicable international standards.

Added(h) Testing shall be carried out in accordance with the methods, equipment and growing media appropriate for the genera or species concerned, and in accordance with the applicable international standards, to ensure that the quality requirements have been fulfilled.

Added(i) In the case of multiclonal mixtures, the mixture of selected clones constituting the multiclonal mixture shall be made before the final packaging of that PRM and shall include identical proportions of all selected clones that constitute the multiclonal mixture. [Am. 274]

Added(j) In the case of polyclonal PRM, the mixture of genotypes constituting the polyclonal PRM shall be made before the final packaging of that PRM and shall include identical proportions of all genotypes that constitute the polyclonal PRM. [Am. 275]

Added2. Requirements for the registration of a selected clone, multiclonal mixture and polyclonal PRM

Added(a) The applicant shall submit an application to the competent authority indicating:

Added(i) species and, as applicable, variety to which the selected clone, multiclonal mixture or polyclonal PRM belongs, whereby the variety shall be registered in a national variety register referred to in Article 44;

Added(ii) proposed denomination and synonyms;

Added(iii) where applicable, description of the composition of the multiclonal mixture or polyclonal PRM;

Added(iv) the maintainer of the selected clone, multiclonal mixture or polyclonal PRM;

Added(v) reference to the description of the main characteristics of the variety to which the selected clone, multiclonal mixture or polyclonal PRM belongs;

Added(vi) description of the main VSCU characteristics of the selected clone, multiclonal mixture or polyclonal PRM;