(a) the plant passport shall consist of an official label and an accompanying document containing the required information as laid down in the Annex hereto. The label shall not have previously been used and shall be of suitable material. The use of official adhesive labels shall be authorized. The ‘accompanying document’ shall mean any document which is normally used for trade purposes. This document shall not be necessary if the required information as laid down in the Annex is set out on the said label;

(b) the required information shall preferably be printed and shall be in at least one of the official languages of the Community;

(c) in the case of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., intended for planting, as listed in point 18.1 of Section II of Part A of Annex IV to Council Directive 2000/29/EC ( 1 ), the official label defined in Annex III to Council Directive 2002/56/EC ( 2 ) may be used in place of a plant passport provided that the label provides evidence that the requirements referred to in Article 6(4) of Directive 2000/29/EC are complied with (after 31 December 2005, this label must indicate the words ‘EC plant passport’); compliance with the provisions governing the introduction of tubers of Solanum tuberosum L., intended for planting into, and their movement within, a protected zone recognised in respect of harmful organisms relating to those tubers, shall be noted either on the label or on any other trade document;

(d) in the case of seeds of Helianthus annuus L., listed in point 26 of Section II of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the official label defined in Annex IV to Council Directive 2002/57/EC ( 3 ) may be used in place of a plant passport provided that the label provides evidence that the requirements referred to in Article 6(4) of Directive 2000/29/EC are complied with (after 31 August 2005, this label must indicate the words ‘EC plant passport’);

(e) in the case of seeds of Lycopersicon lycopersicum (L.) Karsten ex Farw. and Phaseolus L., listed in points 27 and 29 of Section II of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the official label defined in Annex IV A to Council Directive 2002/55/EC ( 4 ) may be used in place of a plant passport provided that the label provides evidence that the requirements referred to in Article 6(4) of Directive 2000/29/EC are complied with (after 31 August 2005, this label must indicate the words ‘EC plant passport’);

(f) in the case of seeds of Medicago sativa L., listed in points 28.1 and 28.2 of Section II of Part A of Annex IV to Directive 2000/29/EC, the official label defined in Annex IV Part A to Council Directive 66/401/EEC ( 5 ) may be used in place of a plant passport provided that the label provides evidence that the requirements referred to in Article 6(4) of Directive 2000/29/EC are complied with (after 31 August 2005, this label must indicate the words ‘EC plant passport’).

(a) the part of the plant passport consisting of the label shall provide at least the particulars required under items 1 to 5 of the Annex; and

(b) the part of the plant passport consisting of the accompanying document shall provide at least the particulars required under items 1 to 10 of the Annex.

(a) ensure that the producer, person or importer referred to in Article 2 (2) applies to them for the issuance of a plant passport, or for the replacement of a plant passport;

(b) determine, where appropriate, on the basis of examinations provided for in Article 6 (1) (2) and (3) of Directive 77/93/EEC and carried out in accordance with Article 6 (4) or on the basis of the requirements laid down in Article 10 (3) or 12 (6) of the said Directive, the restrictions applicable to the plants, plant products or other objects, and accordingly the territorial validity of the plant passport, or determine the replacement of the said plant passport, as well as the information to be filled in.

(c) ensure that the information is filled in, either entirely in capital letters if the plant passport is pre-printed, or in capital letters or entirely in typescript in all other cases. The botanical name of the plants or plant products shall be indicated in Latin characters; uncertified alterations or erasures shall invalidate the said plant passport;

(d) ensure that if a plant, plant product or other object has received the qualification by them for a specific protected zone(s), the code for the protected zone(s) shall be indicated on the plant passport, against the distinctive marking ‘ZP’ (zona protecta) indicating that the said plant passport covers a plant, plant product or other object qualified for a protected zone(s);

(e) ensure that if a plant passport is to be delivered for a plant, plant product or other object originating outside the Community, the plant passport shall be used, with the indication of the name of the country of origin or, where appropriate, the consignor country on the said plant passport;

(f) ensure that if a plant passport is to be replaced by another plant passport, the plant passport referred to in Article 1 (1) shall be used; the code for the originally registered producer or importer shall be indicated on the said plant passport, against the distinctive marking ‘RP’ (‘replacement passport’) indicating that the said plant passport replaces another plant passport;

(g) depending on where the said plant passport is physically stored, either deliver the said plant passport, or authorize the producer, person or importer referred to in Article 2 (2) to use it accordingly;

(h) ensure that the part of the said plant passport consisting of the label be attached under the responsibility of the producer, person or importer referred to in Article 2(2), to the plants, plant products or other objects, to their packaging or to the vehicles transporting them in such a manner that it cannot be reused.