7.10. 93 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 250/9 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 93/49/EEC . of 23 June 1993 setting out the schedule indicating the conditions to be met by ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants pursuant to Council Directive 91/682/EEC THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economlc Community, Having regard to Council Directive 91/682/EEC of 19 december 1991 on the marketing of ornamental plant propagating material and ornamental plants (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas, in applying the provisions of this Directive, it is appropriate to take into account the production cycles of the various materials; Whereas, the conditions laid down in this Directive must be regarded as the minimum standard acceptable at this stage taking into account the current.production conditions in the Community; whereas they will progressively be developed and refined, in order ultimately to achieve high standards of improved quality; " Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in accordance with the opinion of the Standing Committee for propagating Materials and Ornamental Plants,  HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: I ' Article 1 1. This Directive establishes the schedules referred to in Article 4 of Directive 91/682/EEC including the requirements as to labelling referred to in the thltd paragraph of Article 11 of that Directive. 2. The schedule applies to the growing crop and ornamental propagating material (including rootstocks), and ornamental plants derived therefrom, of all the genera and species referred to in Annex to Directive 91/682/EEC, and to rootstocks of other genera and species referred to in Article 4 (2), irrespective of the propagation system applied, those items being hereinafter referred to as the material’. (1) O] No L 376, 31. 12. 1991, p. 21. 3. The provisions of this Directive shall apply progressively, account being taken of the production cycles of the material referred to in paragraph 2. Article 2 The material shall, where applicable, comply with the relevant plant health conditions laid down in Council ‘Directive 77/93/EEC (2). Article 3 1. Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 2, the material must, at least on visual inspection, be substantially free from any harmful organisms and diseases impairing quality, or any signs or symptoms thereof, which reduce the usefulness of the propagating material or ornamental plants and in particular be free from those organisms and diseases listed in the Annex hereto in respect of the genus or species concerned. 2. Any material showing visible signs or symptoms of the harmful organisms or diseases referred to in paragraph 1 at the stage of the growing crop shall be properly treated immediately upon appearance or, where appropriate, shall be removed. 3. In the case of citrus material the following requirements shall also be met: ‘ (i) it shall be derived from initial material which has been ‘checked and found to show no symptoms of the relevant viruses, virus-like organisms or diseases listed in the Annex hereto; (ii) it shall have been checked and found to be substantially free of such viruses, virus-like organisms or diseases since the beginning of the last cycle of vegetation; and (iii) in the case of grafting, it shall have been grafted onto rootstocks other than those susceptible to viroids. 4. In the case of flower bulbs the following requirement shall also be met: — the propagating material shall be derived directly from material which, at the stage of the growing crop, has been checked and found to be substantially free from any harmful organisms and diseases, signs or symptoms (2) O] No L 26, 31. 1. 1977, p. 20.