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Council Directive 2002/11/EC amending Directive 68/193/EEC on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine and repealing Directive 74/649/EEC.

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Abstract
This Directive consists of five articles. The core is constituted by article 1, which lays down several amendments and addenda to Directive 68/193/EEC in matter of placing on the market of material for the propagation of the vine. Article 2 repeals Directive 74/649/EEC of 9 December 1974 on the marketing of material for the vegetative propagation of the vine produced in third countries.
Article 1(1) contains several important definitions which shall replace the definitions laid down in Directive 68/193/EEC. In particular, it gives the definition of vines , propagating materials , stock nurseries , cutting nurseries , basic propagating material , certified material , standard material , marketing . Vines are plants of the genus Vitis (L.) intended for the production of grapes or for use as propagation material for such plants. Propagating material covers both young vine plants and parts of young vine plants. The Member States shall require that vine propagating material may not be placed on the market unless: (a) it has been officially certified as initial propagating material , basic propagating material or certified propagating material or, in the case of propagating material not intended for use as rootstocks, it is officially checked standard material, and (b) it satisfies the conditions laid down in Annex II to Directive 68/193/EEC. Producers shall be entitled to place on the market appropriate quantities of propagating materials upon authorization granted by their respective States. In the case of genetically modified material, the authorization may be issued only if all appropriate measures have been taken to avoid risks to human health and the environment. Each Member State shall establish a catalogue of the vine varieties officially accepted for certification and for checking as standard propagating material in its territory. The catalogue shall be open to public inspection. The catalogue shall determine the principal morphological and physiological characters by which the varieties can be distinguished from one another. In the case of a genetically modified variety within the meaning of points 1 and 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms and repealing Council Directive 90/220/EEC(10), the variety shall be accepted only if all appropriate measures have been taken to avoid adverse effects on human health and the environment. Member States shall ensure that genetically modified varieties which have been accepted are clearly indicated as such in the catalogue of varieties. They shall further ensure that any person marketing such a variety clearly indicates in their vine sales catalogue that the variety is genetically modified and states the purpose of the modification. Further provisions concern packaging and labelling requirements to be fulfilled when vine propagating material is placed on the market.
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Entry into force notes
This Directive came into force on 23 February 2002.
Notes
Directive 74/649/EEC is hereby repealed.
Repealed
No
Serial Imprint
Official Journal of the European Union L 53, 23 February 2002, pp. 20 27.
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English

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in force
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Yes