Article 1 · Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2026/2250

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Article 1Amendment of Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU#

Implementing Directive 2014/21/EU is amended as follows:

(1)Article 1 is replaced by the following:‘Article 1DefinitionsFor the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

(1)‘true potato seed’ means seed, in the botanical sense, of Solanum tuberosum L.;

(2)‘mother plant’ means an identified plant, including a plant grown from true potato seed, from which material is taken for propagation;

(3)‘micro-propagation’ means the practice of rapidly multiplying plant material to produce a large number of plants, using culture in vitro of differentiated vegetative buds or meristems taken from a plant.’

(2)In Article 2(3), the following fourth subparagraph is added:‘Where mother plants are grown from true potato seed, compliance with point (a) of paragraph 1 shall be established by official testing, or testing under official supervision, of the mother plants.’

(3)In Article 2, the following paragraphs 4 and 5 are added:‘4.Where mother plants are grown from true potato seed, that true potato seed shall be found free from Potato spindle tuber viroid by official testing, or testing under official supervision, on a representative sample and using appropriate methods.5.Seed potatoes from true potato seed shall only belong to varieties that have been included in the ‘Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species’ referred to in Article 17 of Council Directive 2002/53/EC^note, following their examination as seed propagated varieties according to the CPVO protocol for tests on distinctness, uniformity and stability of varieties of potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)^note.^note^note