Article 3
1. The Member States shall provide that vine propagation material may not be placed on the market: - unless it has been officially certified as "basic material" or "certified material", or is officially checked standard material, and - unless it satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex II. 2. Member States may provide for derogations from the provisions of paragraph 1: (a) for propagation material of an earlier stage of multiplication than basic stock; (b) for tests or for scientific purposes; (c) for selection work. 3. Member States may provide for derogations as regards the minimum length of rootstock cuttings for grafting Annex II (III) (1) (B) (a). 4. The Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17, may: (a) authorise Member States, by way of degoration from the provisions of Annex II (II) (1), to classify as certified material rooted grafts consisting of certified material grafted on to standard material ; such authorisation shall be granted only for a transitional period to be set and only until such time as the Member States concerned have sufficient supplies of basic material and certified material for their new plantings; (b) provide that after specified dates propagation material of certain vine varieties may not be placed on the market unless it has been officially certified as "basic material" or "certified material".