Stock nurseries: nurseries for the production of rootstock cuttings for grafting, nursery cuttings or top-graft cuttings.

Cutting nurseries: nurseries for the cultivation of rooted cuttings or rooted grafts.

nursery cuttings: pieces of vine shoot or herbaceous shoot intended for the production of rooted cuttings.

cutting nurseries

'material for the vegetative propagation of vines', 'cutting nurseries' 'root-stock nurseries' and 'mother vines' shall have the same meaning as in Council Directive 68/193/EEC (1);

(a) it is, or is derived from, plants grown from seeds, cuttings, divisions, callus tissues or other plant tissues, spores or other propagules under controlled conditions, i.e. in a non-natural environment that is intensively manipulated by human intervention, which may include tillage, fertilisation, weed control, irrigation, or nursery operations such as potting, bedding and protecting from weather;

Nursery cuttings:

Cutting nurseries:

Rootstock cuttings for grafting, nursery cuttings and top-graft cuttings:

110 × 67 mm for rootstock cuttings for grafting, top-graft cuttings and nursery cuttings;

nurseries for the production of rootstock cuttings for grafting, nursery cuttings or top-graft cuttings.

nurseries for the cultivation of rooted cuttings or rooted grafts.

Cutting nurseries shall not be established within, or within a few metres of, vineyards for the production of fruit.

The parts of vine plants used for the production of rooted cuttings and rooted grafts shall be taken from stock nurseries which have been inspected and approved.

The greatest care shall be taken to ensure that the soil in which stock and cutting nurseries intended for the cultivation of basic material or certified material are planted is not infected with harmful organisms, in particular viruses.

as a transitional measure, after the entry into force of the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, provide that propagation material which has been used for establishing stock nurseries or cutting nurseries is equivalent to propagation material certified or checked in accordance with the provisions of this Directive if, before being so used, it afforded the same assurances as propagation material certified or checked in accordance with the provisions of this Directive.

Member States may, as a transitional measure, after the entry into force of the laws, regulations or administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive, provide that propagation material which has been used for establishing stock nurseries or cutting nurseries is equivalent to propagation material certified or checked in accordance with the provisions of this Directive, if before being so used it afforded the same assurances as propagation material certified or checked in accordance with the provisions of this Directive."

it is, or is derived from, plants grown from seeds, cuttings, divisions, callus tissues or other plant tissues, spores or other propagules under controlled conditions, i.e. in a non-natural environment that is intensively manipulated by human intervention, which may include tillage, fertilisation, weed control, irrigation, or nursery operations such as potting, bedding and protecting from weather;