The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) Regulations 2017
[^key-ad4eb100c32394373b512ba79a1ed05a]: Sch. 6 inserted (7.10.2025) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/974), reg. 1(2), Sch.
[^key-cfbb7bcfc48de3c744504589006fe5ba]: Words in reg. 2 inserted (7.10.2025) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/974), regs. 1(2), 3
[^key-cea81bdae065107f51b359ad581395ec]: Reg. 3(3) inserted (7.10.2025) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/974), regs. 1(2), 4(2)
[^key-cd65bb0f03a07109216b26ef464f2676]: Words in reg. 3(2) inserted (7.10.2025) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/974), regs. 1(2), 4(1)
[^key-0f81cccf1d574ed5e492029ce94e053f]: Sch. 2 Pt. 2 para. 8(b)(xii) inserted (7.10.2025) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/974), regs. 1(2), 5
[^key-9d20a271e6e049d387ac6b75a127017a]: Word in Sch. 5 para. 4(2)(b) substituted (7.10.2025) by The Marketing of Fruit Plant and Propagating Material (Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/974), regs. 1(2), 6
Transitional provision for plant material from parent plant existing pre-commencement
Transitional provision for supplier’s documents affixed to CAC material
28ZA
- (1) A supplier may market CAC material to which a supplier’s document which does not comply with paragraph 8A of Schedule 2 is affixed in the form of a label if that document—
- (a) is of a colour of supplier’s document that was in use before 10 April 2020; and
- (b) states that it is marketed in accordance with Article 3 of Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2019/1813.
- (2) This regulation ceases to have effect on 1 July 2021.
Revocation
8A
A supplier’s document affixed to CAC material in the form of a label must be yellow.
Suppliers: notification requirements
14A
- (1) A supplier must immediately report to an inspector—
- (a) plant material that shows the presence of any RNQP listed in Annex 1 or 2 to Directive 2014/98/EU;
- (b) the presence in the soil of any RNQP listed in Annex 3 to Directive 2014/98/EU;
- (c) the presence of any RNQP at the production site at a level greater than the tolerance specified for such organism in Annex 4 to Directive 2014/98/EU; or
- (d) plant material that shows the presence of any pest listed in Annex 2 or 3 to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2072 establishing uniform conditions for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as regards protective measures against pests of plants.
- (2) Where a supplier has reported to an inspector plant material referred to in paragraph (1)(d), the supplier must carry out any measures laid down by the inspector.
Suppliers: record keeping
Requirements concerning production site
6
CAC material must be produced in accordance with the requirements for the production site, place of production or area set out in Annex 4 to Directive 2014/98/EU and specified in relation to the genus or species concerned.
Requirements concerning production site
12A
Pre-basic mother plants and pre-basic material must be produced in accordance with the requirements for the production site, place of production or area set out in Annex 4 to Directive 2014/98/EU and specified in relation to the genus or species concerned.
Requirements concerning multiplication, renewal and propagation of pre-basic mother plants
SCHEDULE6 — Modifications to Directive 2014/98/EU
Modifications to Annex 1
1
Annex 1 (list of RNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection, and, in the case of doubts, sampling and testing, are required pursuant to Article 9(1), Article 10(1), Article 16(1), Article 21(1) and Article 26(1)) is to be read as if at the entry for—
- (a) “Ficus carica L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas” the entry for “Fig mosaic agent [FGM000]” were omitted;
- (b) “Fragaria L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas” the entry for “Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Davis et al. [PHYPAU]” were omitted;
- (c) “Vaccinium L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Fungi and oomycetes”, after the entry for “Godronia cassandrae (anamorph Topospora myrtilli) Peck [GODRCA]” were inserted—
| Pucciniastrum minimum (Schweinitz) Arthur [THEKMI] |
|---|
Modifications to Annex 2
2
Annex 2 (list of RNQPs for the presence of which visual inspection, and, where applicable, sampling and testing are required pursuant to Article 9(2) and (4), Article 10(1), Article 16(1), Article 21(1), Article 26(1), and Annex IV) is to be read as if at the entry for—
- (a) “Malus Mill.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Fruit disorders” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (b) “Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (c) “Prunus armeniaca L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (d) “Prunus avium L. and Prunus cerasus L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Tomato black ring virus [TBRV00]” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (e) “Prunus domestica L., Prunus salicina Lindley, and other species of Prunus L. susceptible to Plum pox virus in the case of Prunus L. hybrids”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Prunus necrotic ringspot virus [PNRSV0]” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (f) “Prunus persica (L.) Batsch”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Strawberry latent ringspot virus [SLRSV0]” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (g) “Rubus L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Tomato black ring virus [TBRV00]” were inserted—
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
|---|
- (h) “Vaccinium L.”, in the second column under “RNQPs”, at “Viruses, viroids, virus-like diseases and phytoplasmas”, after the entry for “Cranberry false blossom phytoplasma [PHYPFB]” were inserted—
| Tobacco ringspot virus [TRSV0] |
|---|
| Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] |
Modifications to Annex 4
3
Annex 4 (requirements concerning measures per genera or species and category pursuant to Article 10(4), Article 16(4), Article 21(4) and Article 26(2)) is to be read as if—
- (a) at point 6 (Fragaria L.), at point (d)(iii), the entry for “Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense Davis et al.”were omitted;
- (b) at point 8 (Malus Mill.)—
- (i) at point (b) in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”, in the first unnumbered paragraph—
- (aa) for “and” were substituted “,”;
- (bb) after “et al.” were inserted “and Tomato ringspot virus”;
- (ii) after point (b)(ii) were inserted—
; (iii) Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed
- (iii) at point (c), in the paragraph “Sampling and testing”, in the second unnumbered paragraph, after the second reference to “Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider”, for “and other than” were substituted “, Tomato ringspot virus and”;
- (iv) at the end of point (c), were inserted—
Basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every twenty years concerning the presence of Tomato ringspot virus. Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area (i) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider - propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; or - no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed; (ii) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. - propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or - propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed. (iii) Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] - propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
- (v) at point (d), in the paragraph “Sampling and testing”—
- (aa) in the second unnumbered paragraph, after the second reference to “Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider”, for “and other than” were substituted “, Tomato ringspot virus and”;
- (bb) after the third unnumbered paragraph, were inserted—
Certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every twenty years concerning the presence of Tomato ringspot virus. Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area (i) Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider; or - no symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed; or - symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and that propagating material and those fruit plants, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed, and a representative sample of the remaining asymptomatic propagating material and fruit plants in the lots in which symptomatic propagating material and fruit plants were found has been tested and found free from Candidatus Phytoplasma mali Seemüller & Schneider. (ii) Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al.; or - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site have been inspected over the last complete growing season, and any propagating material and fruit plants showing symptoms of Erwinia amylovora (Burrill) Winslow et al. and any surrounding host plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed. (iii) Tomato ringspot virus [TORSV0] - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
- (vi) point (e) were omitted;
- (vii) after point (f)(ii), were inserted—
(iii) Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed; or - symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and those symptomatic plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
- (c) at point 11 (Prunus armeniaca L., Prunus avium L., Prunuscerasifera Ehrh., Prunus cerasus L., Prunus domestica L., Prunus dulcis (Miller) Webb, Prunus persica (L.) Batsch and Prunus salicina Lindley)—
- (i) at point (a), in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”—
- (aa) in the first unnumbered paragraph, for the words from “and Pseudomonas” to “Wilkie” were substituted “, Pseudomonas syringae pv. persicae (Prunier, Luisetti & Gardan) Young, Dye & Wilkie and Tomato ringspot virus”;
- (bb) after entry (iii), were inserted—
(aiv) Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the pre-basic category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed;
- (ii) at the end of point (c)(ii) were inserted—
A representative portion of basic mother plants shall be sampled and tested every twenty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of Tomato ringspot virus.
- (iii) at point (d)(ii)—
- (aa) in the third unnumbered paragraph which starts “A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested” for “and Plum pox virus” were substituted “, Plum pox virus and Tomato ringspot virus”;
- (bb) at the end were inserted—
A representative portion of certified mother plants shall be sampled and tested every twenty years on the basis of an assessment of the risk of infection of those plants concerning the presence of Tomato ringspot virus.
- (iv) at point (e) after entry (iii) were inserted—
(aiv) Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed;
- (v) at point (f)—
- (aa) in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”, at point (i), the fourth unnumbered paragraph which starts “symptoms of Pseudomonas” were omitted;
- (bb) after entry (iii) were inserted—
(aiv) Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus are observed in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed; or - symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and those symptomatic plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed;
- (d) at point 12 (Pyrus L.)—
- (i) at point (b), in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”, at point (i) in the second unnumbered indent—
- (aa) after “last”, were inserted “three”;
- (bb) for “season” were substituted “seasons”;
- (ii) at point (e), in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”, at point (i)—
- (aa) in the second unnumbered indent after “are observed” were inserted “on propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories”;
- (bb) for the third unnumbered indent were substituted—
— propagating material and fruit plants of the basic and certified categories in the production site and any plants in the immediate vicinity, which have shown symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider during visual inspections during the last three growing seasons, have been immediately rogued out and destroyed;
- (iii) at point (f), in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”, at point (i)—
- (aa) in the second unnumbered indent after “are observed” were inserted “on propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category”;
- (bb) for the third unnumbered indent were substituted—
— propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site and any plants in the immediate vicinity, which have shown symptoms of Candidatus Phytoplasma pyri Seemüller & Schneider during visual inspections during the last three growing seasons, have been immediately rogued out and destroyed;
- (e) at point 14 (Rubus L.)—
- (i) for “and Tomato” in each place it occurs, were substituted “, Tomato”;
- (ii) after “and Tomato black ring virus” in each place it occurs, were inserted “and Tomato ringspot virus”;
- (iii) for “or Tomato” in each place it occurs, were substituted “, Tomato”;
- (iv) after “or Tomato black ring virus” in each place it occurs, were inserted “or Tomato ringspot virus”;
- (v) at point (d) in the paragraph “Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area”—
- (aa) the unnumbered paragraph were numbered “(i)”;
- (bb) after the new paragraph (i), were inserted—
(ii) In the case of symptoms of Tomato ringspot virus, those symptoms have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and those symptomatic plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
- (f) at point 15 (Vaccinium L.)—
- (i) at the end of point (b) were inserted—
(iv) Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the basic category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tobacco ringspot virus or Tomato ringspot virus are observed in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
- (ii) at the end of point (d) were inserted—
(iii) Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the certified category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tobacco ringspot virus or Tomato ringspot virus are observed in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed. (e) CAC category Requirements with regard to the production site, place of production or area Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus - propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category shall be produced in areas known to be free from Tobacco ringspot virus and Tomato ringspot virus; or - no symptoms of Tobacco ringspot virus or Tomato ringspot virus are observed in the production site over the last complete growing season, and any symptomatic plants in the immediate vicinity have been immediately rogued out and destroyed; or - symptoms of Tobacco ringspot virus or Tomato ringspot virus have been observed on no more than 2% of propagating material and fruit plants of the CAC category in the production site over the last complete growing season, and those symptomatic plants have been immediately rogued out and destroyed.
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