Cultivation requirements
Article 5
Crops of hemp shall continue to be cultivated under normal growing conditions in accordance with local practice for at least 10 days from the date of the end of flowering so that the checks necessary for the application of this Article can be made. Hemp cultivated as catch crop shall continue to be cultivated under normal growing conditions in accordance with local practice at least until the end of the vegetation period. Member States may authorise hemp to be harvested before the end of the 10-day period after the end of flowering, provided that the harvest takes place after flowering has begun and that the inspectors indicate which representative parts of each plot concerned shall continue to be cultivated for at least 10 days following the end of flowering for inspection purposes, in accordance with the method set out in Annex I.