Article 1
By way of derogation from Article 4(1) of Directive 2000/29/EC with regard to point 15 of Part A of Annex III to that Directive, Member States shall be authorised to permit the introduction into their territory of plants of Vitis L., other than fruits, intended for grafting in the Community and originating in Croatia or the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (hereinafter referred to as the plants). In order to qualify for that derogation, the plants shall be subject, in addition to the requirements laid down in Annexes I and II to Directive 2000/29/EC, to the conditions provided for in the Annex to this Decision. In order to qualify for that derogation, the plants shall be introduced into the Community, in the following periods: (a) between 1 January 2008 and 30 April 2008; (b) between 1 January 2009 and 30 April 2009; (c) between 1 January 2010 and 30 April 2010.