Verification of hemp varieties and quantitative determination of THC content
Article 3
1. Member States shall establish a verification system for determining the THC content in hemp varieties which allows them to apply the method for the verification of hemp varieties and quantitative determination of the THC content in hemp varieties set out in Annex I. 2. The competent authority of the Member State shall keep the records related to findings on the THC content. Such records shall comprise, for each variety, at least the results in terms of THC content from each sample expressed in percentage to two decimal places, the procedure used, the number of tests carried out, an indication of the point at which the sample was taken and measures taken at national level. 3. If an average of all the samples of a given variety exceeds the THC content laid down in Article 4(4), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, Member States shall use procedure B described in Annex I to this Regulation for the variety concerned in the course of the following claim year. That procedure shall be used in the course of the next claim years unless all the analytical results for the given variety are below the THC content laid down in Article 4(4), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115. 4. If for the second year the average of all the samples of a given variety exceeds the THC content laid down in Article 4(4), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115, the Member State shall notify the Commission of the name of the variety concerned by 15 January of the following claim year at the latest. Starting from that claim year, the cultivation of the given variety shall not give a right to direct payments in the Member State concerned. 5. Member States shall ensure that the hemp producers are timely informed about the names of hemp varieties which are ineligible for direct payment in accordance with Article 4(4), second subparagraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 following a notification pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article by making the information notified public not later than the date for submitting the single application.