Materialet skal, i det mindste ved en visuel undersoegelse, vaere praktisk talt fri for kvalitetspaavirkende skadegoerere og sygdomme og tegn eller symptomer herpaa, som reducerer formeringsmaterialets eller plantematerialets anvendelighed, isaer dem, der er opfoert i bilaget for den paagaeldende slaegt eller art, jf. i oevrigt artikel 2.
Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, material must at least appear, on visual inspection, to be substantially free from harmful organisms and diseases liable to affect quality, or signs or symptoms thereof, which reduce the usefulness of the vegetable propagating and planting material, and in particular from those listed in the Annex hereto, in respect of the genus or species concerned.