Z odstopanjem od odstavka 1(c) se semena in vegetativni sadilni material, ki niso pridelani s postopkom ekološke pridelave, v prehodnem obdobju, ki se izteče 31. decembra 2000, in z odobritvijo pristojnega organa oblasti države članice lahko uporabljajo, če uporabniki navedenega sadilnega materiala lahko kontrolni organ ali organ oblasti države članice zadostno dokažejo, da na trgu ni bilo mogoče dobiti sadilnega materiala za ustrezno sorto zadevne vrste, ki izpolnjuje zahteve iz odstavka 2. V takem primeru je treba uporabiti sadilni material, ki ni obdelan s proizvodi, ki niso uvrščeni na seznam v oddelku B Priloge II, če je na voljo na trgu Skupnosti.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1 (c), seeds and vegetative propagating material not obtained by the organic production method may, during a transitional period expiring on 31 December 2000 and with the approval of the competent authority of the Member State, be used in so far as users of such propagating material can show to the satisfaction of the inspection body or authority of the Member State that they were unable to obtain on the marke propagating material for an appropriate variety of the species in question and satisfying the requirements of paragraph 2. In that case, propagating material which is not treated with products not listed in Annex II, Section B must be used, if available on the Community market.