Article 2

For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions shall apply: ‘propagating material’ means seeds, parts of plants and all plant material, including rootstocks, intended for the propagation and production of fruit plants; ‘fruit plants’ means plants intended to be planted or replanted, after marketing; ‘variety’ means a plant grouping within a single botanical taxon of the lowest known rank, which can be: defined by the expression of the characteristics resulting from a given genotype or combination of genotypes; distinguished from any other plant grouping by the expression of at least one of the said characteristics; and considered as an entity in view of its ability to be propagated unchanged; ‘clone’ means the vegetative genetically uniform progeny of a single plant; ‘pre-basic material’ means propagating material which: has been produced, according to generally accepted methods, for the maintenance of the identity of the variety including the relevant pomological characteristics and for the prevention of diseases; is intended for the production of basic material or certified material other than fruit plants; satisfies the specific requirements for pre-basic material established pursuant to Article 4; and has been found by official inspection to satisfy the conditions in (a), (b) and (c); ‘basic material’ means propagating material which: has been produced either directly or in a known number of stages in a vegetative way from pre-basic material, according to generally accepted methods, for the maintenance of the identity of the variety including the relevant pomological characteristics and for the prevention of diseases; is intended for the production of certified material; satisfies the specific requirements for basic material, established pursuant to Article 4; and has been found by official inspection to satisfy the conditions in (a), (b) and (c); ‘certified material’ means: propagating material which: has been produced directly in a vegetative way from basic material or pre-basic material or, if intended to be used for the production of rootstocks, by certified seeds from basic or certified material of rootstocks; is intended for the production of fruit plants; satisfies the specific requirements for certified material, established pursuant to Article 4; and has been found by official inspection to satisfy the conditions in (i), (ii) and (iii); fruit plants which: have been produced directly from certified, basic or pre-basic propagating material; are intended for the production of fruits; satisfy the specific requirements for certified material, established pursuant to Article 4; and have been found by official inspection to satisfy the conditions in (i), (ii) and (iii); ‘CAC (Conformitas Agraria Communitatis) material’ means propagating material and fruit plants which: have varietal identity and adequate varietal purity; are intended for: the production of propagating material, the production of fruit plants, and/or the production of fruits; satisfy the specific requirements for CAC material established pursuant to Article 4; ‘supplier’ means any natural or legal person carrying out professionally at least one of the following activities with regard to propagating material or fruit plants: reproducing, producing, preserving and/or treating, importing and marketing; ‘marketing’ means the sale, holding with a view to sale, offer for sale, and any disposal, supply or transfer aimed at commercial exploitation of propagating material or fruit plants to third parties, whether or not for consideration; ‘responsible official body’ means: an authority, established or designated by the Member State under the supervision of the national government and responsible for questions concerning the quality of propagating material and fruit plants; any State authority established: either at national level, or at regional level, under the supervision of the national authorities, within the limits set by the national legislation of the Member State concerned; ‘official inspection’ means inspection carried out by the responsible official body or under the responsibility of the responsible official body; ‘lot’ means a number of units of a single commodity, identifiable by its homogeneity of composition and origin.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-02 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.