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Paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply to a professional operator who fulfils one or more of the following criteria: it supplies exclusively and directly to final users small quantities of plants, plant products and other objects by means other than sales through distance contracts; it supplies exclusively and directly to final users small quantities of seeds, other than the seeds subject to Article 72; its professional activity concerning plants, plant products and other objects is limited to transporting them for another professional operator; its professional activity exclusively concerns the transport of objects of all kinds using wood packaging material. Member States may decide not to apply the exemption referred to in point (a) of the first subparagraph to all or certain growers or other professional operators if so justified by the pest risk presented by the plants that they grow or that are concerned by any other of their activities.

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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.