The Regulations implement Council Directive 98/56/EC on the marketing of propagating material of ornamental plants); Commission Directive 1999/68/EC setting out additional provisions for lists of varieties of ornamental plants as kept by suppliers under Directive 98/56; and Commission Directive 1999/66/EC setting out requirements as to the label or other document made out by the supplier pursuant to Council Directive 98/56. They set quality standards to be met by ornamental plant propagating mat