1. Specified propagating material and specified fruit plants that have been produced in the specified third countries, for the respective categories and genera or species, as listed in the Annex, may only be imported into the Union provided that they have been labelled, sealed and packaged following requirements equivalent to the ones set out in Article 9 of Directive 2008/90/EC and in Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU concerning labelling, sealing and packaging, as appropriate for the respective category of pre-basic material, basic material, certified material or CAC material.
2. The suppliers importing specified propagating material and specified fruit plants into the Union shall inform the respective responsible official body in advance of that import.
3. Imported specified propagating material and specified fruit plants shall be accompanied by the following:
(a)
an official label issued by the responsible official body of the specified third country in the case of pre-basic, basic or certified material, or a supplier’s document prepared by the supplier of the specified third country in the case of CAC material; and
(b)
records containing details of that specified propagating material and those specified fruit plants provided by the supplier in the specified third country concerned.
4. Following the import of the specified propagating material and the specified fruit plants, and before marketing of the respective propagating material and fruit plants in the Union:
(a)
the responsible official body of the Member State concerned, or the first supplier under official supervision, shall replace the official label of the specified third country, referred to in paragraph 3, point (a), with a new official label, or attach a new official label in addition to the label of the specified third country;
(b)
in the case of a supplier’s document, the first supplier in the Union shall replace the supplier’s document, referred to in paragraph 3, point (a), with a new one, or a new supplier’s document shall be attached in addition to the supplier’s document of the specified third country.
5. The new official label or the new supplier’s document referred to in paragraph 4 shall respectively contain a reference to the original official label or original supplier’s document of the third country of origin, and a reference to that country.
6. The imported specified propagating material and specified fruit plants shall fulfil the relevant requirements regarding variety identification as set out in Article 7 of Directive 2008/90/EC.
