S.L. 433.10 Art. 7Approval of basic material.

(1) Only approved basic material shall be utilised for the production of forest reproductive material that is to be marketed.

(2) Basic material may be approved only by:

(a) the Directorate if it meets the requirements set out in Schedules III, IV, V or VI, as appropriate; or

(b) reference to a unit known as the unit of approval. Each unit of approval shall be identified by a unique register reference.

(3) The Directorate shall provide that:

(a) approval shall be withdrawn if the requirements of these regulations are no longer met; and,

(b) after approval, the basic material for the production of reproductive material under the "selected", "qualified" and "tested categories shall be re-inspected at regular intervals.

(4) The Directorate may approve, for a maximum period of ten years, in all or part of Malta, basic material for the production of "tested" reproductive material where, from the provisional results of the genetic evaluation or comparative tests referred to in Schedule VI, it can be assumed that the basic material will, when tests have been completed, satisfy the requirements for approval under these regulations. resources through growing and marketing of forestry reproductive material of origin that is naturally adapted to the local and regional conditions and threatened by genetic erosion, the Directorate may depart from the requirements laid down in subregulation (2) and in Schedules III, IV, V and VI, insofar as the specific conditions mentioned earlier in this subregulation are established.

(6) The Directorate may restrict the approval of basic material intended for the production of forest reproductive material of the category "source-identified".