Article 14
1. Where appropriate, trials or tests shall be carried out in the Member States on samples to check that propagating material complies with the requirements and conditions of this Directive. The Commission may organise inspections of trials by representatives of the Member States and of the Commission. 2. It may be decided in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17 that it is necessary to carry out Community trials or tests for the same purpose as mentioned in paragraph 1. The Commission may organise inspections of Community trials by representatives of the Member States and of the Commission. 3. The trials or tests referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be used to harmonise technical methods of examination of propagating material. Progress reports on the trials or tests shall be sent to the Commission and submitted to the Committee referred to in Article 17. 4. The Commission shall ensure that, in appropriate cases, arrangements for coordinating, carrying out and inspecting the trials referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, and assessing their results, are made within the Committee referred to in Article 17. When problems occur in relation to organisms covered by Directive 77/93/EEC, the Commission shall notify the Standing Committee on Plant Health, which shall also be consulted on protocols for Community trials where these concern organisms covered by Directive 77/93/EEC. Propagating material produced in third countries may be included in the trials.