S.L. 433.31 Art. 2Scope. S.L. 433.03

(1) The scope of these regulations is to make provisions to assure that any propagation material of ornamental plants produced or placed on the market in Malta meets specified standards of quality.

(2) These regulations shall apply to plant material utilised for the propagation of ornamental plants, hereinafter referred to as the propagation material as hereinafter defined, produced and marketed within the European Union and shall apply without prejudice to the plant health rules laid down by Council Directive 2000/29/EC and its amendments as transposed in the Plant Quarantine (Harmful

Organisms) Regulations.

(3) These regulations shall not apply to propagation material:

(a) intended to be exported to third countries, which is identified as such and which is kept sufficiently isolated;

(b) the products of which are not intended for ornamental purposes, if it is covered by other laws on the marketing of such material.

(4) These regulations transpose Commission Directives 93/ 49/EEC, 98/56/EC, 1999/67/EC, 1999/68/EC and Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2018/484.