Traceability
Article 69
1. A professional operator to whom plants, plant products or other objects are supplied that are subject to requirements or conditions pursuant to points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 28(1), Article 28(2) and (3), Article 30(1), (3) and (4), Article 37(2), Article 41(2) and (3), Article 46(1) and (3), Article 48(1) and (2), Article 49(1), Article 54(2) and (3), Articles 56, 57 and 58 and Article 79(1) shall keep a record allowing that operator to identify, for each trade unit of plant, plant product or other object supplied, the professional operators who supplied it. 2. A professional operator supplying plants, plant products or other objects that are subject to requirements or conditions pursuant to points (a) to (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 28(1), Article 28(2), and (3), Article 30(1), (3) and (4), Article 37(2), Article 41(2) and (3), Article 46(1) and (3), Article 47(1), Article 48(1) and (2), Article 49(1), Article 54(2) and (3), Articles 56, 57 and 58 and Article 79(1) shall keep a record allowing that operator to identify, for each trade unit of plant, plant product or other object it supplied, the professional operators to whom it was supplied. 3. Where an authorised operator issues a plant passport pursuant to Article 84(1), and where the competent authority issues a plant passport pursuant to Article 84(2) for a registered operator, that operator shall ensure, for the purpose of ensuring traceability pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, that it records the following information as regards that plant passport: (a) where applicable, the professional operator who supplied the trade unit concerned; (b) the professional operator to whom the trade unit concerned was supplied; and (c) relevant information relating to the plant passport. 4. Professional operators shall keep the records referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for at least three years after the date on which the plant, plant product or other object concerned was supplied to or by them. 5. The Commission may, by means of implementing acts, set out the following elements: (a) a shorter or longer minimum period than the one referred to in paragraph 4 with regards to specific plants, where so justified by the length of the cultivation period of those plants; and (b) requirements as to the accessibility of the records to be kept by the professional operators referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 107(2). 6. On request, the professional operators referred to in paragraph 4 shall communicate the information in the records referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 to the competent authority. 7. This Article shall not apply to the professional operators referred to in points (c) and (d) of the first subparagraph of Article 65(3).