Article 1
Council Directive No 68/193/EEC is hereby amended as follows:
Council Directive 74/648/EEC of 9 December 1974 amending Directive No 68/193/EEC on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine
Council Directive 74/648/EEC of 9 December 1974 amending Directive No 68/193/EEC on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine
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Article 2
The following shall be substituted for Article 1: "This Directive shall apply to material for the vegetative propagation of the vine (hereinafter called "propagation material") marketed within the Community."
Article 3
The following paragraph la shall be added to Article 3: "1a The Member States may subdivide the category "standard material" laid down in Article 2 into classes which comply with special conditions. These special conditions, the appellation or a time limit, may be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17."
Article 4
The following subparagraph (c) shall be added to Article 3 (4): (1)OJ No C 2, 9.1.1974, p. 66. (2)OJ No C 8, 31.1.1974, p. 19. (3)OJ No L 93, 17.4.1968, p. 15. (4)OJ No L 71, 25.3.1971, p. 16. "(c) authorize Member States, notwithstanding Annex II (III) (1B) and (2B), to reduce the minimum stipulated lengths of propagation material, for production and marketing in certain areas where such authorization is justified by special conditions of growth."
Article 5
1. Article 11 shall become Article 11 (1). 2. The following paragraph 2 shall be added to Article 11: "2. The Member States shall take all necessary measures to ensure that the competent authorities are supplied with the following particulars during the marketing of vegetative propagation material, originating in another Member State or in a third country: (a) species (botanical designation), (b) variety and, where appropriate, the clone ; in the case of rooted grafts, these particulars shall be supplied for both the root stocks and the top graft cutting, (c) category, (d) nature of the propagation material, (e) country of production and official control authority, (f) country of dispatch, (g) importer, (h) quantity of the material. The manner in which these particulars must be presented may be determined in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17."
Article 6
The following shall be substituted for Article 17a: "Article 17a Any amendments to be made to the Annexes to the development of scientific knowledge or techniques shall be decided upon in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17."
Article 7
The following shall be substituted for Article 18a: "Article 18a In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17, a Member State may, if it so requests, be wholly or partially released from the obligation to apply this Directive with the exception, however, of Articles 12 (1) and 12a, in so far as the growing of vines and the marketing of propagation material are of minimal economic importance in its territory."
Article 8
The following shall be substituted for point 2 of Annex IV, Section A (a): "2. Name and address of the person responsible for sealing or his identification number."
Article 9
Member States shall, not later than 1 July 1976, bring into force the laws, regulations or administrative provisions needed in order to comply with the requirements of this Directive.
Article 10
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 9 December 1974. For the Council The President Ch. BONNET
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